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Ben Braithwaite
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Linguist, dartist, attention-deficient, Caribbeanist, in Trinidad and Tobago
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It is also clear that tactile methods are not just a last resort, to be employed when one's interlocutor is blind. We mention that tactile signing is often used when addressing hearing-sighted people. It can be used for stylistic and other reasons (which we hope to explore in a future publication).
Illustration depicting a conversation between two signers in Roatan. Both are seated. On the left, a deaf-blind man holds the right hand of his hearing-sighted interlocutor (seated on the right), and traces on her forearm with the index finger of his right hand. The caption reads "Figure 5. Use of the tactile channel with a hearing-sighted addressee (right)."
February 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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She documented a variety of ways in which the turn-taking was efficiently regulated, the most spectacular being the throwing of one's interlocutor's hands in the air to signal the end of a turn.
Illustration from the article showing a man on the right and a woman on the left, both seated. Both the man and the woman's hands are held up in the air. The caption reads "Figure 10. S2 throwing S1's hands into the air to end his turn."
February 23, 2025 at 10:05 PM