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Symmetry in Sign Language Poetry
- Sign Language Studies
- Gallaudet University Press
- Volume 7, Number 3, Spring 2007
- pp. 284-318
- 10.1353/sls.2007.0020
- Article
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Abstract
This paper considers the range of ways that sign languages use geometric symmetry temporally and spatially to create poetic effect. Poets use this symmetry in sign language art to highlight duality and thematic contrast, and to create symbolic representations of beauty, order and harmony.
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