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japanesebonustrack  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Eminem's "Lose Yourself" in American Sign Language

I always liked how big of a part facial expressions play in sign language conversations. I mean they're like regular expressions (hehe) turned up to eleven.





caeli  ·  3418 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Yeah it's really cool! A lot of facial expressions are actually grammatical markers in ASL -- I know at least eyebrow movements are (but I don't remember what they mean).