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Anthropomorphism
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Anthropomorphism is an interpretation of what is not human or personal in terms of human or personal characteristics.
Anthropomorphism is a kind of metaphor, as we talk about one thing (humans) in terms of another (non-humans)
Children's stories
Those are filled with talking animals and inanimate objects such as trees, cars and trains that have human characteristics.
Anthropomorphism is creative sign language occurs as part of constructed action where signers become the character they are talking about.
When signers take on the role of a human character, they use their body to represent of that human character.
When they take on the role of a non-human character, they do their best to use their human body to represent the body of the non-human.
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What are the difference between Anthropomorphism in sign language and in spoken language literature?
Signing storytellers and poets can represent the form of non-human directly by turning themselves into the things they want to describe.
They can map the non-humans on to their body, giving them eyes, a mouth, head, hands, and so on because the signers has them.
Spoken language literature can talk about the perspective of non-humans, but can't directly show how they are transformed into humans (unless it is accompanied by illustrations).
When a deaf person feels they can truly identify with a character because they feel they can change places with them, the story is successful.
Humans and non-humans become equal in terms of their physical size, which allows them to interact.
Physical equality between humans and Anthropomorphised non-humans is metaphorically understood as mental equality.
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