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Direct linkERIC Number: EJ930422
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010
Pages: 19
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ISSN: ISSN-0302-1475
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On the System of Person-Denoting Signs in Estonian Sign Language: Estonian Name Signs
Paales, Liina
Sign Language Studies, v10 n3 p317-335 Spr 2010
This article discusses Estonian personal name signs. According to study there are four personal name sign categories in Estonian Sign Language: (1) arbitrary name signs; (2) descriptive name signs; (3) initialized-descriptive name signs; (4) loan/borrowed name signs. Mostly there are represented descriptive and borrowed personal name signs among the Estonian Deaf people. (Contains 8 notes and 2 tables.)
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Deafness, Identification, Recognition (Psychology), Sociolinguistics, Individual Characteristics, Cultural Differences
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Estonia
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