Taboo in Sign Languages

Donna Jo Napoli (Swarthmore College), Jami Fisher (University of Pennsylvania), Gene Mirus (Gallaudet University)

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Cambridge University Press
26 October 2023

Sociolinguistics; Grammar, syntax; Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication

Series: Elements in Sign Languages

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Taboo topics in deaf communities include the usual ones found in spoken languages, as well as ones particular to deaf experiences, both in how deaf people relate to hearing people and how deaf people interact with other deaf people. Attention to these topics can help linguists understand better the consequences of field method choices and lead them to adopt better ones. Taboo expressions in American Sign Language are innovative regarding the linguistic structures they play with. This creativity is evident across the grammar in non-taboo expressions, but seems to revel in profane ones. When it comes to the syntax, however, certain types of structures occur in taboo expressions that are all but absent elsewhere, showing grammatical possibilities that might have gone unnoticed without attention to taboo. Taboo expressions are innovative, as well, in how they respond to changing culture, where lexical items that are incoherent with community sensibilities are 'corrected'.

By: Donna Jo Napoli (Swarthmore College), Jami Fisher (University of Pennsylvania), Gene Mirus (Gallaudet University)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 230mm, Width: 153mm, Spine: 6mm
Weight: 161g
ISBN: 9781009291958
ISBN 10: 1009291955
Series: Elements in Sign Languages
Pages: 75
Publication Date: 26 October 2023
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active