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Describe, don't prescribe. The practice and politics of translanguaging in the context of deaf signers

Maartje De MeulderNamur Institute of Language, Text and Transmediality (NaLTT), University of Namur, Namur, BelgiumCorrespondence[email protected]
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Annelies KustersSchool of Social Sciences, Languages & Intercultural Studies, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, ScotlandORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5228-7363
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Erin MoriartySchool of Social Sciences, Languages & Intercultural Studies, Heriot Watt University, Edinburgh, Scotland
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Joseph J. MurrayDepartment of American Sign Language and Deaf Studies, Gallaudet University, Washington, DC, USAORCID Iconhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-2323-5852
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Pages 892-906 | Received 09 Nov 2018, Accepted 05 Mar 2019, Published online: 21 Mar 2019

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