Inventing one's "voice": The interplay of convention and self-expression in ASL narrative

Language in Society

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 427-444

  Rose, Heidi M ^a  

^a VILLANOVA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 0030243393     PISSN: 00474045     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/s0047404500019230     Document Type: Article

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