Mara Moita
List of John Benjamins publications for which Mara Moita plays a role.
Articles
2024 Chapter 7. The pantomime roots of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language Perspectives on Pantomime, Żywiczyński, Przemysław, Johan Blomberg and Monika Boruta-Żywiczyńska (eds.), pp. 159–187 | Chapter
Pantomime is a unique semiotic resource for human communication despite its non-linguistic character because it allows a wide spectrum of meanings (Zlatev et al., 2020). In our view, gestures and vocalizations are interconnected from the beginning of the emergence of language in human beings… read more
2017 Emerging linguistic features of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 20:1, pp. 109–128 | Article
In Sao Tome and Principe there are approximately five thousand deaf and hard-of-hearing individuals. Until recently, these people had no language to use among them other than basic home signs used only to communicate with their families. With this communication gap in mind, a project was set up… read more