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Direct linkStoianov, Diane; Silva, Anderson Almeida; Nevins, Andrew – Sign Language Studies, 2023
Situations of language contact are often the norm for sign languages. This article investigates a case of unimodal contact between Cena, a young sign language in its third generation that is used in a small rural community in Brazil, and Libras, the national sign language of Brazil. Our analysis concerns one by-product of this contact: reiterative…
Descriptors: Code Switching (Language), Sign Language, Language Usage, Syntax
Peer reviewedLee, Dorothy M. – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the characteristics of diglossia and applies them to the current sign language situation in the United States. Concludes diglossia does not exist and argues that what is really happening is code switching between languages and style shifting within a language. (EKN)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Creoles, Deafness
