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Peer reviewedSutton-Spence, Rachel – International Journal of Bilingualism, 1999
Details the influence of English on British Sign Language (BSL) at the syntactic, morphological, lexical, idiomatic, and phonological levels. Shows how BSL uses loan translations, fingerspellings, and the use of mouth patterns derived from English language spoken words to include elements from English. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, English, Finger Spelling, Language Patterns
Sutton-Spence, Rachel; Woll, Bencie – 1999
This textbook provides support for learners of British Sign Language (BSL) and others interested in the structure and use of BSL, and assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics or sign language; technical terms and linguistic jargon are kept to a minimum. The text contains many examples from English, BSL, and other spoken and signed languages,…
Descriptors: Body Language, English, Foreign Countries, Grammar
