Metaphor in American Sign Language

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metaphor in american sign language Phyllis Perrin Wilcox Gallaudet University Press WASHINGTON, D.C. Gallaudet University Press Washington, DC 20002© 2000 by Gallaudet University. All rights reserved. Published 2000 Printed in the United States of America The entire section on GIVE-concede in chapter 6 was first published in The Linguistics of Giving, ed. J. Newman (Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 1998) and is printed here with permission from John Benjamins Publishing Company. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Wilcox, Phyllis Perrin. Metaphor in American Sign Language / Phyllis Perrin Wilcox. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 1-56368-099-8 (hardcover : alk. paper) 1. American Sign Language. 2. Metaphor. I. Title. HV2474.W545 2000 419—dc21 00-047654 Sign illustrations by Kip Toddington Fletcher The paper used in this publication meets the minimum requirements of American National Standard for Information Sciences—Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials, ANSI Z39.48-1984. For Kay Triplett Adams McIntyre—who said “Let’s meet halfway” so many times when we were younger and lived a block from each other in Ponchatoula, Louisiana. You taught me that good things can happen when a person believes in herself . The many hours, days, and years that I sat reading while waiting for you to get off work at the town library led to my deep interest in words. For your inner strength and your honesty and the security that you provided in my life, Kay, this book is dedicated to you. ...