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PDF pending restorationBaker, Charlotte – 1976
This paper summarizes most of what Sign linguists know about the function of the eyes in American Sign Language discourse. Here, "eyes" is taken to cover both opening and closing of the eyes and looking in a particular direction, referred to as the signer's "gaze-direction." Evidence is presented demonstrating that a signer's gaze can be lexically…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness
