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Publication details [#26375]

Rose, Heidi. Inventing one's 'voice'. The interplay of convention and self-expression in ASL narrative. Language in Society 25 (3) : 427–444.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Keywords
intertextuality | language play | narrative | self-expression | sign language | stylistics
Language as a subject
Sign Language, American
Place, Publisher
Cambridge University Press
ISBN
0047-4045
Journal WWW
journals.cambridge.org/

Annotation

Drawing on Lyotard's and Bakhtin's view of language play, this study examines personal narratives created and performed in American Sign Language, focusing on the interplay between stylistic convention, intertextuality and self-expression.