It's not what you sign, it's how you sign it : politeness in American Sign Language /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Washington, D.C. :
Gallaudet University Press,
2007.
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| Online Access: | Table of contents only |
Table of Contents:
- Politeness-it's how you say it
- Exploring linguistic strategies
- Requests in ASL and English
- Rejections in ASL and English
- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate smaller threats to face
- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate more severe threats to face
- Language fluency and politeness
- Why it matters how you say it.