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Adaptive Control Systems (A Short Review)actual theatrical productions’ (p. 104). It is less easy to make this distinction in sign language poems, because the abstraction on the printed page is always a . of the signed poem, and there is less justification for claiming that the sign language poems do exist independently of their performanc

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Symmetry and Balance, an aesthetic effect. It is also possible for the poet to select only onehanded signs. In sign language poetry, sequences of one-handed signs are especially notable and meaningful precisely because most poems attempt to create balance and symmetry through the use of two hands. All of this allows the

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Metaphor and Allusion,meaning that first presents itself. Metaphor allows poets to use one idea to express another, and this poetic device is as crucial to added significance in sign language poetry as it is in spoken language poetry.

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The Poem and Performance,actual theatrical productions’ (p. 104). It is less easy to make this distinction in sign language poems, because the abstraction on the printed page is always a . of the signed poem, and there is less justification for claiming that the sign language poems do exist independently of their performanc

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Some General Points about Sign Languages,used to express it. Before embarking on a study of sign language poetry, however, it might be useful to review some general and important points about sign languages and about the social issues surrounding the history of sign languages and the Deaf people who use them.. These aspects are crucial to

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Repetition in Sign Language Poetry,f words) can be repeated to create patterns that stand out as being unusual, so bringing the language of the poem into the foreground. Repetition creates an aesthetic effect, as the patterns make a poem sound or look elegant or entertaining and we admire the poet’s skill in achieving a poem within t

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Symmetry and Balance, of space is another way that unusual language regularity brings the language to the foreground in a sign language poem. In any sign language, some signs use a single hand in their citation form and other signs use two hands in their citation form, Additionally, some of the two-handed signs are symm