A Preliminary Study on the Production of Signs in Brazilian Sign Language when One of the Manual Articulators is Unavailable
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This paper aims at discussing the realization of some Brazilian Sign Language signs, articulated with both hands, when one of them is unavailable. As will be discussed, this unavailability is caused by extra-linguistic factors, as well as by a linguistic one. The data considered here were collected through the observation of spontaneous signing and discussed with three subjects. Their analysis revealed that the production of twohanded signs when one of the hands is not available does not simply consist of realizing them with only one hand, but alternatively employing other strategies, such as using a onehanded sign equivalent in meaning.
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