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On the System of Person-Denoting Signs in Estonian Sign Language: Estonian Name Signs
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Paales, Liina – Sign Language Studies, 2010
This article discusses Estonian personal name signs. According to study there are four personal name sign categories in Estonian Sign Language: (1) arbitrary name signs; (2) descriptive name signs; (3) initialized-descriptive name signs; (4) loan/borrowed name signs. Mostly there are represented descriptive and borrowed personal name signs among…
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The Estonian Deaf Community
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Hein, Kadri – Sign Language Studies, 2010
Interest in research on Estonian Sign Language, or eesti viipekeel (EVK), has been increasing. Studies have been conducted on different aspects of EVK, such as ways of expressing time (Trukmann 2006) and color terms (Hollman and Sutrop 2007, Hollman 2008). Moreover, EVK has lately received more attention in legislation. The language obtained an…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics