Analysing Sign Language Poetry

1. Some General Points about Sign Languages
Rachel Sutton-Spence

2. What is Sign Language Poetry?
Rachel Sutton-Spence

3. Repetition in Sign Language Poetry
Rachel Sutton-Spence

4. Symmetry and Balance
Rachel Sutton-Spence

5. Neologisms
Rachel Sutton-Spence

6. Ambiguity
Rachel Sutton-Spence

7. Themes in Sign Poetry
Rachel Sutton-Spence

8. Metaphor and Allusion
Rachel Sutton-Spence

9. The Poem and Performance
Rachel Sutton-Spence

10. Blended Sign Language and Spoken Language Poetry
Rachel Sutton-Spence

11. The Hang Glider
Rachel Sutton-Spence

12. Trio
Rachel Sutton-Spence

13. Five Senses and Three Queens
Rachel Sutton-Spence

14. Afterword: ‘Here are my Wings’ — Situating Dorothy Miles, Deaf Culture and Sign Poetry
Paddy Ladd

Keywords: Linguistics, Sign Language, Poetry and Poetics, Sociology, general, Sociolinguistics