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Review published In: Nonmanuals in Sign Language
Edited by Annika Herrmann and Markus Steinbach
[Sign Language & Linguistics 14:1] 2011
► pp. 201–206

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Kristin Jean Mulrooney. Extraordinary from the ordinary – Personal experience narratives in American Sign Language. Washington, DC: Gallaudet University Press, 2009. € 64.00/$ 85.00174 pp. ISBN 978-1-56368-416-6

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Published online: 11 August 2011
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