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The Linguistics of American Sign Language Poetry In the Poem “Viewpoint” by Rose Crooks. Poetry. English poetry Vs. ASL poetry. “Viewpoint”. Background on the poem Three stanzas. “Viewpoint”. Linguistic Elements Alliteration/Rhyme: ASL: 'B' Handshape, NMS, Movement Path.
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The Linguistics of American Sign Language Poetry In the Poem “Viewpoint” by Rose Crooks
Poetry • English poetry Vs. ASL poetry
“Viewpoint” • Background on the poem • Three stanzas
“Viewpoint” Linguistic Elements Alliteration/Rhyme: • ASL: • 'B' Handshape, • NMS, • Movement Path
“Viewpoint” Linguistic Elements • Metaphor: • 'preach', 'road', 'open mind', 'close mind', 'arrive', 'stop', 'finish', 'become+flexible'
“Viewpoint” Linguistic Element: Metre/Rhythm • Three stanzas: • Tight confined • Easier • Loose flowing
“Viewpoint” • A few Signs: • OPEN MIND • CLOSE MIND • BOX • ROAD/PATH • RECEDE DISTANCE
“Viewpoint” The poem will not be translated
Bibliography • Burch, S. (1997). Deaf poets' society: Subverting the hearing paradigm. Literature and Medicine, 16(1), 121-134. doi: 10.1353/lm.1997.0002 • Ormsby, A. (1995). Poetic cohesian in American Sign Language: Valli's "Snowflake" & Coleridge's "Frost at Midnight" Sign Language Studies, 88, 227-244. • Winston, E. A. (1991). Spatial referencing and cohesion in an American Sign Language text. Sign Language Studies, 73, 397-410.