Analysing Sign Language Poetry

by Rachel Sutton-Spence

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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.

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0230217095

ISBN13:9780230217096

Release Date:November 2004

Publisher:Palgrave MacMillan

Length:265 Pages

Weight:0.80 lbs.

Dimensions:0.6" x 5.5" x 8.5"

Related Subjects

Language Arts Literary Criticism Literary Criticism & Collections Poetry Social Science Social Sciences

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