This chapter explores some linguistic, social, and cultural elements of sign language poetry. Taking sign language poetry to be a language art-form recognised by its community of users as somehow noticeably ÔdifferentÕ and poetic, I identify characteristics of signing poets and the cultural, educational, and personal uses of sign language poetry. Genres of signed poetry include signed haiku and short narrative poems, as well as ÔlyricÕ poems. Deliberately ÔdeviantÕ creation of meaning is seen w
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Metaphor in Creative Sign Language
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AHRC
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Bibliographic Information
Type: Book Chapter
Book Title: Sign Language: An International Handbook (2012)
ISBN: 978-3-11-026132-5