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It's not what you sign, it's how you sign it : politeness in American Sign Language

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2007

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Format:	Book
Author:	Hoza, Jack.
Title:	It's not what you sign, it's how you sign it : politeness in American Sign Language / Jack Hoza.
Publisher, Date:	Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2007.
Description:	x, 235 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary:	"The general stereotype regarding interaction between American Sign Language and English is a model of oversimplification: ASL signers are direct and English speakers are indirect. In this study, Jack Hoza upends this common impression through an in-depth comparison of the communication styles between these two language communities."--Jacket.
Subjects:	American Sign Language. Politeness (Linguistics). Sign Language -- America. Linguistics. Beleefdheidsvorm. Gebarentaal. Amerikaans. Verenigde Staten. American Sign Language. Politeness (Linguistics).
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index.
Contents:	Politeness-it's how you say it -- Exploring linguistic strategies -- Requests in ASL and English -- Rejections in ASL and English -- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate smaller threats to face -- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate more severe threats to face -- Language fluency and politeness -- Why it matters how you say it.
Web Site:	Table of contents only
LCCN:	2007009631
ISBN:	9781563683527 (alk. paper) 1563683520 (alk. paper)
Other Number:	86038147
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