Author: McClave, E.Z.

Source: Gesture, Volume 1, Number 1, 2001 , pp. 51-72(22)

Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing Company

Abstract:

This paper presents evidence of non-manual gestures in American Sign Language (ASL). The types of gestures identified are identical to non-manual, spontaneous gestures used by hearing non-signers which suggests that the gestures co-occurring with ASL signs are borrowings from hearing culture. A comparison of direct quotes in ASL with spontaneous movements of hearing non-signers suggests a history of borrowing and eventual grammaticization in ASL of features previously thought to be unique to signed languages.

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Keywords: gesture; head movements; American Sign Language; intensifiers; direct quotes; deixis

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1075/gest.1.1.05mcc

Affiliations: 1: California State University, Northridge

Publication date: 2001-06-01

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