Yves Delaporte

List of John Benjamins publications for which Yves Delaporte plays a role.

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Delaporte, Yves and Emily Shaw 2009 Gesture and signs through history Gesture 9:1, pp. 35–60 | Article
One group of signs in French Sign Language (LSF) is described in the Dictionnaire des sourds-muets at the end of the 18th century as having in common the form of a cross, placed in front of the face. All of these signs have negative connotations. We identify the etymon of the signs as an emblematic… read more