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Download full textWoodward, James; Markowicz, Harry – 1975
The study of pidgin and creole languages, usually emphasizing oral language codes, offers insights into language, especially as an observably dynamic phenomenon. However, channel is highly influential on the surface form of the language code. Pidgin sign language codes, not dependent on oral language codes, can serve as an ideal forum for the…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Creoles, Deafness, Finger Spelling
