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Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Attempts to prove that users of American Sign Language (ASL) do perform within a closed system of manual and nonmanual sign production features (phonemes and distinctive features). Deaf signers are quite capable of creating nonsense words as well as communicating with signers of other languages through pantomime and other paralinguistic features.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
