TY - BOOK AU - Hoza,Jack TI - It's not what you sign, it's how you sign it: politeness in American Sign Language SN - 9781563683527 (alk. paper) AV - HV2474 .H69 2007 U1 - 419/.7 22 PY - 2007/// CY - Washington, D.C. PB - Gallaudet University Press KW - American Sign Language KW - Politeness (Linguistics) N1 - Includes bibliographical references (p. 225-230) and index; Politeness-it's how you say it -- Exploring linguistic strategies -- Requests in ASL and English -- Rejections in ASL and English -- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate smaller threats to face -- Nonmanual modifiers that mitigate more severe threats to face -- Language fluency and politeness -- Why it matters how you say it UR - http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0713/2007009631.html ER -