Open AccessAudio Description from a discourse perspective: a socially relevant framework for research and training
Author(s) -
Sabine Braun
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
linguistica antverpiensia new series - themes in translation studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2295-5739
DOI - 10.52034/lanstts.v6i.197
Subject(s) - perspective (graphical) , coherence (philosophical gambling strategy) , empirical research , training (meteorology) , discourse analysis , computer science , psychology , sociology , epistemology , linguistics , artificial intelligence , philosophy , physics , quantum mechanics , meteorology
The topic of this paper is Audio Description (AD) for blind and partially sighted people. I will outline a discourse-based approach to AD focussing on the role of mental modelling, local and global coherence, and different types of inferences (explicatures and implicatures). Applying these concepts to AD, I will discuss initial insights and outline questions for empirical research. My main aim is to show that a discourse-based approach to AD can provide an informed framework for research, training and practice.