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

By: Material type: TextPublication details: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2007.Description: x, 235 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781563683527
  • 1563683520
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HV 2474 .H69 2007
Contents:
Politeness-it's how you say it -- Exploring linguistic strategies -- Requests in ASL and English -- Rejections in ASL and English -- Two nonmanual modifiers that mitigate smaller threats to face -- Three nonmanual modifiers that mitigate more severe threats to face -- Language fluency and politeness -- Why it matters how you say it.
Review: "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.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-230) and index.

Politeness-it's how you say it -- Exploring linguistic strategies -- Requests in ASL and English -- Rejections in ASL and English -- Two nonmanual modifiers that mitigate smaller threats to face -- Three nonmanual modifiers that mitigate more severe threats to face -- Language fluency and politeness -- Why it matters how you say it.

"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.

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