Pejorative aspects attributed to hearing people in signed constructed dialogue

Renate Fischer | Universität Hamburg

Simon Kollien | Universität Hamburg

The article presents a study on iconic elements of pejorative discourse in German Sign Language when signers construct hearing people’s interactive behavior towards deaf people. The focus is on a typology of constructed dialogue with special emphasis on code-switching.

Keywords: code-switching, constructed dialogue, German Sign Language, gradience, typification

Published online: 31 March 2016
https://doi.org/10.1075/la.228.14fis