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ERIC Number: EJ405440
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1990
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What Name Signs Can Tell Us about Deaf Culture.
Mindess, Anna
Sign Language Studies, n66 p1-23 Spr 1990
Twenty deaf adults were interviewed about their use of name signs. Results revealed underlying cultural values expressed in name signs, and also provided practical information about the making and bestowing of name signs, changing one's name sign, and evolution in the name sign system. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cultural Traits, Deafness, Interviews, Language Attitudes, Language Patterns, Sociolinguistics
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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