Poetic Cohesion in American Sign Language: Valli's "Snowflake"& Coleridge's "Frost at Midnight.".

Ormsby, Alec

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Publication Date: 1995

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Poetic Cohesion in American Sign Language: Valli's "Snowflake"& Coleridge's "Frost at Midnight."

Ormsby, Alec

Sign Language Studies, n88 p227-44 Fall 1995

Focuses on original poetic composition in American Sign Language (ASL). The development of a documented body of poetry in ASL and of a framework for poetic usage has demonstrated that the limitations of gestural sign systems are inherent in the cultural development of the deaf and has affirmed the legitimacy of the deaf community and its language. (10 references) (CK)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics, Deafness, Diachronic Linguistics, Literary Styles, Phonemes, Poetry, Poets

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Language: English

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