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Dear members
<p>In a previous mail. I've asked informations on the role of eye movements...
One of the members of the list (thanks Charlene !) asked me for more information
as she couldn't understand my request and apparently, I did'nt use the
right words ! Lets try again speaking of eye gaze (instead of eye movements):
<p>I'm a sign language interpreter and I'm interested in analysing eye
gaze of the deaf signer and nonmanual signals while he's producting signs.
The eye gaze has a grammatical role in sign languages for example the difference
between the 2 following sentences :"<b>A</b> man walked by" / " <b>the</b>
man walked by" is made by the eye gaze (movement & direction of eye
gaze). The eye gaze can also have other grammatical functions which I'd
like to know more about. There must be linguistic studies on the eye gaze's
role and I'd love to have references of researches and papers on this theme.
<br>I'm searching such informations because I'm going to teach sign language's
linguistics to a group of sign language interpreter students, and the role
of eye movements is one of the point I'm going to treat.... I'd like
to present them with some notions (like eye movements) that traditionnally
(in oral languages) don't participate in the grammar... and that can specifically
be hard to translate. I'd also love to get references on nonmanual signals
used in sign languages
<p>Hopefully my explanations are more clear this time and you'll understand
my english !
<p>I'm looking foraward to reading your answer.
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<p>A-Claude Prelaz
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<p>Anne-Claude Prelaz
<br>E-Mail: girodmarc@vtx.ch</html>