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Kusters, Annelies; Lucas, Ceil – Sign Language Studies, 2022
In a Dialogue section of the "Journal of Sociolinguistics" (vol. 26, no. 1), author pairs introduce a number of themes and debates in sign language sociolinguistics, explore why these are debates; how the debates are situated within sociolinguistics as a whole; and how spoken language sociolinguistics does or does not have similar…
Descriptors: Sociolinguistics, Sign Language, Speech Communication, Language Variation
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Olivier Le Guen; Rossy Kinil Canche; Merli Collí Hau; Geli Collí Collí – Sign Language Studies, 2023
This article analyzes the construction of sign names in an emerging sign language from Mexico, the Yucatec Maya Sign Language (YMSL). Data comes from elicited interviews as well as natural interactions collected by the authors and signers from two different villages, Chicán and Nohkop. Despite YMSL being an isolate language, sign name construction…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Mayan Languages, Foreign Countries, Self Concept