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Meaning-making in tactile cross-signing context

Year: 2023

Type: article

Abstract: Cross-linguistic studies of tactile sign language are still not widely performed internationally. For this study, four deafblind informants in two different tactile sign languages, Swedish Sign Language and Norwegian Sign Language, participated in the recording at a social and cultural workshop where they worked together to create a mutual understanding in their conversations. The study provides new information on how tactile and bodily signals are incorporated in dialogues where the speakers are not familiar with each other's signing. The results illuminate various tactile communicative strategies used in negotiating in cross-signing dialogues. By the selected analyzed examples, this study contributes to knowledge of how language and interaction skills are brought into the process of understanding each other, despite linguistic barriers.

Source: Journal of Pragmatics

DOI: 10.1016/j.pragma.2022.12.018

Authors: Johanna Mesch, Eli Raanes

Institutions: Stockholm University, Norwegian University of Science and Technology

Language: English

Topic: Hearing Impairment and Communication

Subfield: Developmental and Educational Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,660

Funders: Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet, Det Kongelige Norske Videnskabers Selskab, Stockholms Universitet