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Doubling of the number of hands as a resource for the expression of meaning intensification in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras)
André Nogueira Xavier
Journal of Speech Sciences · 3(1), 169-181 · 2013
What the paper examines
This experiment examines how users of Brazilian Sign Language express intensified meanings. It considers whether a sign usually produced with one hand becomes two-handed, alongside changes in movement, facial expression and the body.
Reading it in context
The study concerns a particular signed language and experimental task. Signed languages are full languages, and findings about Libras should not be assumed to describe every signed language or a generic picture-communication system.
A question to read with
Which changes were consistent across participants, and which varied?
Citation
André Nogueira Xavier (2013). Doubling of the number of hands as a resource for the expression of meaning intensification in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Journal of Speech Sciences, 3(1), 169-181. https://doi.org/10.20396/joss.v3i1.15046
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