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Download full textSutton-Spence, Rachel – 1994
Just as minority spoken languages borrow from surrounding majority languages, so British Sign Language (BSL) borrows signs from English. BSL may borrow from both spoken and written English, but here we focus on the processes involved in borrowing from the written English word, using the manual alphabet. The end result of borrowing depends on an…
Descriptors: Deafness, Discourse Analysis, Finger Spelling, Foreign Countries
