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Nonverbatim captioning in Dutch television programs: a text linguistic approach
Joost Schilperoord1, Vanja de Groot, Nic van Son
1Tilburg University, P.O. Box 90153, 5000 LE Tilburg, the Netherlands. j.schilperoord@uvt.nl
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education
|July 23, 2005
Summary
Summarizing closed captions for the deaf omits vital information and alters the original message meaning. Research shows this impacts discourse coherence, affecting accessibility for deaf viewers.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Media Studies
- Deaf Studies
Background:
- Closed captions for the deaf in Europe often summarize content, not transcribe verbatim.
- Caption editors believe summarizing aids viewer comprehension and preserves meaning.
- Deaf communities advocate for verbatim subtitles for complete information access.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify information omitted in summarized closed captions.
- To determine how nonverbatim captioning affects the original message's meaning.
Main Methods:
- Linguistic analysis of spoken versus captioned texts.
- Application of a coherence relations model in discourse analysis.
Main Results:
- Summarizing captions omits specific types of information.
- Nonverbatim captioning impacts discourse coherence, making relations less explicit.
- The summarizing process can alter the implied meaning of the original content.
Conclusions:
- Summarized closed captions may withhold vital information from deaf viewers.
- Nonverbatim captioning can distort the intended meaning and coherence of media content.
- Linguistic analysis reveals significant differences impacting the deaf audience's understanding.