Christian Rathmann
Christian Rathmann
https://www.reha.hu-berlin.de/en/mitarbeiter-en/1690151
Research
Christian Rathmann’s research focuses on four areas: (a) Linguistic properties in sign languages (mostly in morphology/morpho-syntax, event semantics, and discourse) and sociolinguistics (multilingualism and Deaf
communities), (b) language acquisition, learning, teaching, and assessment, (c) interpreting and translation of sign languages, and (d) sign language resources.
Profile
Christian Rathmann is Professor and Head of the Department for DeafStudies and Sign Language Interpreting at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Main publication in the last 5 years
Humphries, T., Mathur, G., Napoli, D. & Rathmann, C. (2023). Social Justice and Language Rights for Deaf Children. In: A. E. Beckett and A-M. Callus (Eds.). The Routledge International Handbook of Children’s Rights and Disability. Taylor & Francis.
Rathmann, C. & Quadros, R. (2022). International Sign Language. Sociolinguistic Aspects. Editora Arara Azul.
Napoli, D. J., De Quadros, R. M., & Rathmann, C. (2022). Alignment Mouth Demonstrations in Sign Languages. Sign Language Studies, 22(3), 359-398.
Schönström, K., Hauser, P. C., & Rathmann, C. (2022). Validation of Signed Language Assessments for Adult L2 Learners. In Haug, T., Mann, W.
& Knoch, U. (Eds).The Handbook of Language Assessment Across Modalities.Oxford University Press
De Quadros, R., & Rathmann, C. (2021). Sign Language Standardization. In: W. Ayres-Bennett & J. Bellamy (Eds.), The Cambridge Handbook of Language Standardization (Cambridge Handbooks in Language and Linguistics, pp. 765-788). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
