Metaphor in American Sign Language

by Phyllis Perrin Wilcox

Only recently have linguists ceased to regard metaphors as mere frills on the periphery of language and begun to recognize them as cornerstones of discourse. Phyllis Wilcox takes this innovation one step further in her fascinating study of metaphors in American Sign Language (ASL).

Such an inquiry has long been obscured by, as Wilcox calls it, "the shroud of iconicity." ASL's iconic nature once discouraged people from recognizing it as...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1563680998
• ISBN13: 9781563680991
• Release Date: March 2001
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Length: 228 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.3"