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Cornelia Loos; Donna Jo Napoli – Sign Language Studies, 2023
Visual manifestations of an object that moves from one place to another are common in sign languages. Here, we offer an overview of techniques for conveying motion of an entity based on an examination of storytelling and poetry in seven sign languages. The signer can use embodiment and/or classifiers to show translocating movement of an object, or…
Descriptors: Motion, Sign Language, Poetry, Story Telling