The Linguistics of Sign Languages
An introduction
Editors
How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign languages processed in the brain? These questions and many more are addressed in this introductory book on sign linguistics using examples from more than thirty different sign languages. Comparisons are also made with spoken languages.
This book can be used as a self-study book or as a text book for students of sign linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary, some test-yourself questions and assignments, as well as a list of recommended texts for further reading.
The book is accompanied by a website containing assignments, video clips and links to web resources.
[Not in series, 199] 2016. xv, 378 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins
Table of Contents
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Foreword
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Chapter 1. Sign languages as natural languagesAnne Baker | pp. 1–24
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Chapter 2. PsycholinguisticsTrude Schermer and Roland Pfau | pp. 25–50
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Chapter 3. AcquisitionAnne Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde and Sonja Jansma | pp. 51–72
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Chapter 4. Interaction and discourseAnne Baker and Beppie van den Bogaerde | pp. 73–91
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Chapter 5. Constituents and word classesAnne Baker and Roland Pfau | pp. 93–115
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Chapter 6. Syntax: simple sentencesRoland Pfau and Heleen Bos | pp. 117–147
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Chapter 7. Syntax: complex sentencesRoland Pfau | pp. 149–172
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Chapter 8. LexiconTrude Schermer | pp. 173–195
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Chapter 9. MorphologyRoland Pfau | pp. 197–228
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Chapter 10. PhoneticsOnno Crasborn and Els van der Kooij
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Chapter 11. PhonologyEls van der Kooij and Onno Crasborn | pp. 251–278
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Chapter 12. Language variation and standardizationTrude Schermer | pp. 279–298
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Chapter 13. Language contact and changeTrude Schermer and Roland Pfau | pp. 299–324
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Chapter 14. Bilingualism and deaf educationBeppie van den Bogaerde, Marjolein Buré and Connie Fortgens | pp. 325–336
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Notation conventions
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Appendix 1. Notation conventions
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Appendix 2. Examples of manual alphabets
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References
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Websites
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Index
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Subjects
Main BIC Subject
CFZ: Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication
Main BISAC Subject
LAN017000: LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language