| Description |
1 online resource (xxi, 691 pages) : illustrations, maps |
| Series |
Cambridge language surveys |
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Cambridge language surveys.
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| Contents |
Introduction / Diane Brentari -- Transmission of sign languages in Northern Europe / Penny Boyes Braem and Christian Rathmann -- Transmission of sign languages in Latin America / Claire Ramsey and David Quinto-Pozos -- Transmission of sign languages in the Nordic countries / Brita Bergman and Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen -- Transmission of sign languages in Mediterranean Europe / Josep Quer, Laura Mazzoni and Galini Sapountzaki -- Transmission of sign languages in Africa / Dorothy Lule and Lars Wallin -- Transmission of Polish sign systems / Piotr Wojda -- Notation systems / Harry van der Hulst and Rachel Channon -- Verb agreement in sign morphology / Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann -- Functional markers in sign languages / Sandro Zucchi [and others] -- Clause structure / Ronice Müller de Quadros and Diane Lillo-Martin -- Factors that form classifier signs / Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen -- Handshape contrasts in sign language phonology / Diane Brentari and Petra Eccarius -- Syllable structure in sigh language phonology / Tommi Jantunen and Ritva Takkinen -- Grammaticalization in sign languages / Sherman Wilcox, Paolo Rossini and Elena Antinoro Pizzuto -- The semantics-phonology interface / Ronnie B. Wilbur -- Nonmanuals : their grammatical and prosodic roles / Roland Pfau and Josep Quer -- Sign languages in West Africa / Victoria Nyst -- Sign languages in the Arab world / Kinda Al-Fityani and Carol Padden -- Variation in American Sign Language / Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley -- Sociolinguistic variation in British, Australian and New Zealand Sign Languages / Adam Schembri [and others] -- Variation in East Asian sign language structures / Susan Fischer and Qunhu Gong -- Crosslinguistic variation in prosodic cues / Gladys Tang [and others] -- Deixis in an emerging sign language / Marie Coppola and Anne Senghas -- The grammar of space in two new sign languages / Carol Padden [and others] |
| Summary |
What are the unique characteristics of sign languages that make them so fascinating? What have recent researchers discovered about them, and what do these findings tell us about human language more generally? This thematic and geographic overview examines more than forty sign languages from around the world. It begins by investigating how sign languages have survived and been transmitted for generations, and then goes on to analyse the common characteristics shared by most sign languages: for example, how the use of the visual system affects grammatical structures. The final section describes the phenomena of language variation and change. Drawing on a wide range of examples, the book explores sign languages both old and young, from British, Italian, Asian and American to Israeli, Al-Sayyid Bedouin, African and Nicaraguan. Written in a clear, readable style, it is the essential reference for students and scholars working in sign language studies and deaf studies |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Print version record |
| Subject |
Sign language.
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Sign language -- Grammar, Comparative
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Sign language -- Variation
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Sign language -- History
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Sign Language
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Sign Language.
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Sign language
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Gebärdensprache
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Academic theses.
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Thèses et écrits académiques.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Brentari, Diane.
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| ISBN |
9780511713019 |
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0511713010 |
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9780511715105 |
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0511715102 |
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9780511723155 |
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0511723156 |
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9780511712203 |
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0511712200 |
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9780521710039 |
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0521710030 |
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9786612558443 |
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661255844X |
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