It's Not What You Sign, It's How You Sign It: Politeness in American Sign Language

Contents

Contents vii Acknowledgments ix 1 Politeness—It’s How You Say It 1 2 Exploring Linguistic Strategies 32 3 Requests In ASL And English 63 4 Rejections In ASL And English 106 5 Two Nonmanual Modifiers That Mitigate Smaller Threats To Face 126 6 Three Nonmanual Modifiers That Mitigate More Severe Threats To Face 149 7 Language Fluency And Politeness 188 8 Why It Matters How You Say It 202 Appendix I: Transcription Conventions 215 Appendix II: Discourse Completion Test 218 Appendix III: Brown and Levinson’s (1987) Politeness Strategies Arranged by the Categories Used in This Book 221 References 225 Index 231 ...