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It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language

Posted By: insetes
Date: 18 Oct 2020 09:16:50
It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language

It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language By Jack Hoza
2007 | 249 Pages | ISBN: 1563683520 | PDF | 2 MB


Written by Jack Hoza (Director of the Sign Language Interpretation Program at the University of New Hampshire, Manchester) It's Not What You Sign, It's How Your Sign It: Politeness In American Sign Language is an analysis of linguistic strategies employed by ASL signers as compared to English speakers, with regard to the social variables of specific contexts. Chapters contrast requests in ASL and English, rejections in ASL and English, the interconnection between fluency and politeness, and much more. A scholarly text ideal for intermediate to advanced linguistic students and scholars, It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It is a welcome contribution to language and communication studies shelves.
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