Analysing Sign Language Poetry

Mega Sale! Save 28% on the Analysing Sign Language Poetry by Rachel Sutton Spence at Translate This Website. Hurry! Limited time offer. Offer valid only while supplies last. This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex grammatical, phonological and morphological systems of sign language linguistic structure and their role in sign language poetry and performance. Chapters deal with repetition and rhyme, symmetry and balance, neologisms, ambiguity, themes, metaphor and allusion, poem and performance, and blending English and sign language poetry. Major poetic performances in both BSL and ASL - with

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This new study is a major contribution to sign language study and to literature generally, looking at the complex grammatical, phonological and morphological systems of sign language linguistic structure and their role in sign language poetry and performance. Chapters deal with repetition and rhyme, symmetry and balance, neologisms, ambiguity, themes, metaphor and allusion, poem and performance, and blending English and sign language poetry. Major poetic performances in both BSL and ASL - with emphasis on the work of the deaf poet Dorothy Miles - are analysed using the tools provided in the book.

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Analysing Sign Language Poetry

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Manufacturer:	Palgrave Macmillan
Brand:	Rachel Sutton Spence
Publisher:	Palgrave Macmillan
Studio:	Palgrave Macmillan
EAN:	9780230217096
Item Weight:	0.8 pounds
Item Size:	0.64 x 8.5 x 8.5 inches
Package Weight:	0.79 pounds
Package Size:	5.43 x 0.87 x 0.87 inches

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