Abstract:

This article describes the newly developing form of poetic duets in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language). What do the two people performing a sign language duet poem do to make a duet different from a solo poem? How can we categorize their actions and the effects that these actions create? Drawing on examples of duet poems in Libras, we analyze different types of sign language duets to understand what is added to signed poems when two people perform what cannot be produced by a solo signed poetic performance. Duets in which signers are arranged front-to-back, side-by-side, or above-below display a range of effects related to the modes of signer coupling, the symmetry created, and figure-ground roles. A clearer understanding of the potential of poetic duets in sign language contributes to the development and appreciation of the genre and to the aesthetics of signed literature generally.

摘要：

本文介绍了 Libras（巴西手语）中新发展的诗歌二重唱形式。表演手语二重唱的两个人做了什么使二重唱不同于独唱？我们如何对他们的行为以及这些行为产生的影响进行分类？以天秤座的二重唱为例，我们分析了不同类型的手语二重唱，以了解当两个人表演单独手语诗歌表演无法产生的东西时，手语二重唱中添加了什么。手语者前后、并排或上下排列的二重奏显示了一系列与手语者耦合模式、创建的对称性和图形-背景角色相关的效果。