%0 Journal Article %T Signing Language, a Prominent Feature of Discourses of Shams Tabrizi %J Persian Literature %I Tehran University, Faculty of Literature & Humanities %Z 2251-9262 %A aa, dd %D 2012 %\ 02/20/2012 %V 1 %N 7و8 %P 89-120 %! Signing Language, a Prominent Feature of Discourses of Shams Tabrizi %K Key words: body language %K signing language %K Discourses of Shams Tabrizi %R %X Signing is an important informative – affective aspect of language which is overshadowed by the traditional speaking – writing distinction and the priority of written form over spoken form in both linguistics and literary criticism. This paper attempts to introduce a new form of language which can be referred to as signing language, which can shed light on understanding and analysis of the oblique text of Discourses of Shams Tabrizi. Avoiding the philosophical and psychological grounds of signing language, this paper keeps the trace of signing language in the texts other Discourses of Shams Tabrizi.   %U https://jpl.ut.ac.ir/article_35396_7421963bf900c8f46817a4622c6b94b2.pdf