Its Not What You Sign, Its How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language,Used

Its Not What You Sign, Its How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language,Used

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The general stereotype regarding interaction between American Sign Language and English is a model of oversimplification: ASL signers are direct and English speakers are indirect. Jack Hozas study Its Not What You Sign, Its How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language upends this common impression through an indepth comparison of the communication styles between these two language communities. Hoza investigates relevant social variables in specific contexts and explores the particular linguistic strategies ASL signers and English speakers employ when they interact in these contexts.Its Not What You Sign, Its How You Sign It is framed within politeness theory, an apt model to determine various interpretations of what speakers or signers mean in respect to the form of that which they say or sign. The variations reveal how linguistic and cultural differences intersect in ways that are often misinterpreted or overlooked in crosscultural communication. To clarify these crosslinguistic differences, this volume explores two primary types of politeness and the linguistic strategies used by English speakers and ASL signers to express politeness concerns in facetoface interaction. Hozas final analysis leads to a better understanding of the rich complexity of the linguistic choices of these language groups.

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