TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hoza,Jack
TI  - It's not what you sign, it's how you sign it: politeness in American Sign Language 
SN  - 9781563683527
AV  - HV 2474 .H69 2007
PY  - 2007///
CY  - Washington, D.C.
PB  - Gallaudet University Press
KW  - American Sign Language
KW  - Politeness (Linguistics)
N1  - 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
N2  - "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
ER  -