Command or imperative

[Odd-Inge Schröder]

Hello,

The authors Baker and Cokely in their American Sign Language I-V 
(1980:V:139)  mentioned imperative or command in the following sentences:

”In general, commands are sentences that order the Addressee to do 
something. Although there has been little study of commands in ASL, we 
do know that they are usually indicated by stress (emphasis) on the verb 
and usually direct eye gaze on the Addressee. This stress usually 
involves making the sign faster and sharper. As explained in the section 
on Transcription Symbols, we indicate that a sign is stressed by writing 
an asterisk (*) after the sign”.



I cannot believe that in all the years since 1980 there has not been any 
research on commands or imperative in ASL or in other sign languages? I 
have not found anything in the International Bibliography of Sign Language.



I still hope that there is somebody who can help me with references to 
books and papers?



Best regards,

Odd-Inge Schroder,
Associate professor, cand.philol.
Department of Special Needs Education
Signing and interpreting section
University of Oslo


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