Similarities & Differences in Two Brazilian Sign Languages.

Ferreira-Brito, Lucinda

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Similarities & Differences in Two Brazilian Sign Languages.

Ferreira-Brito, Lucinda

Sign Language Studies, n42 p45-56 Spr 1984

mparison of sign language used by Urubu-Kaapor Indians in the Amazonian jungle (UKSL) and sign language used by deaf people in Sao Paulo (SPSL). In the former situation, deaf people are more integrated and accepted into their community than in Sao Paulo, because most hearing individuals are able and willing to use sign language to communicate with the deaf. (SL)

Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Language Attitudes, Language Research, Language Usage, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication, Sociolinguistics

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