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Mouth Actions in Sign Languages: An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language (Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [Sldc])
Mouth Actions in Sign Languages An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language - Sign Languages and Deaf Communities Sldc Author:Susanne Mohr Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research in... more »to non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes.« less