Mouth Actions in Sign Languages. An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language

• Autor principal: Mohr, Susanne (auth)
• Formato: Recurso Electrónico Capítulo de Livro
• Idioma: inglês
• Publicado em: De Gruyter 2014
• Colecção: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
• Assuntos: Sign Language Non-Manual Features Word Classes Irish Sign Language.
• Acesso em linha: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to...