Formal Devices for Creating New Signs in American Sign Languages.

Bellugi, Ursula; Newkirk, Don

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Publication Date: 1981

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Formal Devices for Creating New Signs in American Sign Languages.

Bellugi, Ursula; Newkirk, Don

Sign Language Studies, n30 p1-35 Spr 1981

Examines recently coined American Sign Language signs to show how the ASL lexicon is expanded. Included are elicited signs for relatively new objects or ideas, signs referring to metalinguistics concepts in ASL, signs used as jargon or specialized vocabulary, and signs "invented" by young deaf children. (Author/PJM)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Finger Spelling, Idioms, Language Usage, Morphology (Languages), Semantics, Structural Analysis (Linguistics)

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Language: English

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