Sign Language : An International Handbook


Roland. Pfau
Bok Engelsk 2012 · Electronic books.
Annen tittel
Medvirkende
Utgitt
Berlin : : De Gruyter, , 2012.
Omfang
1 online resource (1140 p.)
Opplysninger
Description based upon print version of record.. - Preface; Notational conventions; Sign language acronyms; 1. Introduction; I. Phonetics, phonology, and prosody; 2. Phonetics; 3. Phonology; 4. Visual prosody; II. Morphology; 5. Word classes and word formation; 6. Plurality; 7. Verb agreement; 8. Classifiers; 9. Tense, aspect, and modality; 10. Agreement auxiliaries; 11. Pronouns; III. Syntax; 12. Word order; 13. The noun phrase; 14. Sentence types; 15. Negation; 16. Coordination and subordination; 17. Utterance reports and constructed action; IV. Semantics and pragmatics; 18. Iconicity and metaphors; 19. Use of sign space. - 20. Lexical semantics: Semantic fields and lexical aspect21. Information structure; 22. Communicative interaction; V. Communication in the visual modality; 23. Manual communication systems: evolution and variation; 24. Shared sign languages; 25. Language and modality; 26. Homesign: gesture to language; 27. Gesture; VI. Psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics; 28. Acquisition; 29. Processing; 30. Production; 31. Neurolinguistics; 32. Atypical signing; VII. Variation and change; 33. Sociolinguistic aspects of variation and change; 34. Lexicalization and grammaticalization. - 35. Language contact and borrowing36. Language emergence and creolisation; 37. Language planning; VIII. Applied issues; 38. History of sign languages and sign language linguistics; 39. Deaf education and bilingualism; 40. Interpreting; 41. Poetry; IX. Handling sign language data; 42. Data collection; 43. Transcription; 44. Computer modelling; Indexes; Index of subjects; Index of sign languages; Index of spoken languages. - Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should also be asked of spoken languages. The HSK handbook Sign Language aims to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sign language linguistics. It includes 44 chapters, written by leading researchers in the field, that address issues in language typology, sign language grammar, psycholingui
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Dewey
419
ISBN
9783110204216

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