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1 online resource (viii, 355 pages) |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory, 0304-0763 ; v. 281 |
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Amsterdam studies in the theory and history of linguistic science. Series IV, Current issues in linguistic theory ; v. 281. 0304-0763
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Simultaneity in signed languages : a string of sequentially organised issues / Myriam Vermeerbergen, Lorraine Leeson, Onno Crasborn -- Locative functions of simultaneous perspective constructions in German Sign Language narratives / Pamela M. Perniss -- Conceptual blending and the windowing of attention in simultaneous constructions in Irish Sign Language / Lorraine Leeson, John I. Saeed -- A cognitive linguistic view of simultaneity in process signs in French Sign Language / Annie Risler -- Simultaneity in French Sign Language / Marie-Anne Sallandre -- Simultaneous constructions in Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana) / Victoria Nyst -- Mouthings and simultaneity in British Sign Language / Rachel Sutton-Spence -- The non-dominant hand in a Swedish Sign Language discourse / Anna-Lena Nilsson -- A crosslinguistic comparison of buoys : evidence from American, Norwegian, and Swedish Sign Language / Scott K. Liddell, Marit Vogt-Svendsen, Brita Bergman -- Simultaneous use of the two hands in Jordanian Sign Language / Bernadet Hendriks -- Sign + gesture = speech + gesture? Comparing aspects of simultaneity in Flemish Sign Language to instances of concurrent speech and gesture in Flemish Sign Language to instances of concurrent speech and gesture / Myriam Vermeerbergen, Eline Demey -- Acquisition of simultaneous constructions by deaf children of Hong Kong Sign Language / Gladys Tang, Felix Sze, Scholastica Lam -- Simultaneity in atypical signers : implications for the structure of signed language / Martha E. Tyrone -- Perspectives on linearity and simultaneity / Bencie Woll |
| Summary |
Signed language users can draw on a range of articulators when expressing linguistic messages, including the hands, torso, eye gaze, and mouth. Sometimes these articulators work in tandem to produce one lexical item while in other instances they operate to convey different types of information simultaneously. Over the past fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in the issue of simultaneity in signed languages. However, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive treatment of this topic, presenting a collection of papers dealing with different aspects of simultaneity in a range of |
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Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
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Sign language.
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Language and languages.
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language (general communication)
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languages (study discipline)
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LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Sign Language.
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Language and languages
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Sign language
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Gebärdensprache
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Gleichzeitigkeit
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Gebarentaal.
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Synchroniciteit.
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Simultanität -- Nichtverbale Kommunikation.
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Nichtverbale Kommunikation -- Simultanität.
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Vermeerbergen, Myriam
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Leeson, Lorraine
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Crasborn, Onno Alex
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| LC no. |
2006047945 |
| ISBN |
9789027292957 |
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9027292957 |
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1282155075 |
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9781282155077 |
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9786612155079 |
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6612155078 |
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