Stylistic features in American sign language literature
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12370093 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Heidi M Rose, Heidi Rose (Villanova University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1994 |
| Volume | 14 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 144-157 |
| Publication date | 1994-04-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Text and Performance Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1046-2937 • E-ISSN: 1479-5760 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/10462939409366078 |
| OpenAlex | W1991744740 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 6 |
| References cited | 6 |
American Deaf culture intergenerationally transmits a rich heritage of traditions through American Sign Language (ASL). Deaf culture is clearly an oral—or, more accurately, manual—culture in that ASL does not exist in writing; it is also, however, a "literate" culture in that it is now producing a body of literature that is both single‐authored and preserved in permanent form on videotape. ASL literature is particularly salient to performance studies because, as the product of manual‐visual language, it exists spatially and temporally, through the body and through performance. This essay explores the stylistic features of ASL literature, focusing on how both referential and aesthetic components of bodily expression are wed to create a textual performance
American Sign Language · Linguistics · Sign (mathematics · Sign language · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems · Hearing Impairment and Communication · History · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology
| Unique citing works | 6 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,2 |
| Citation span | 1996 - 2020 (25) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 6 |