Irish Sign Language

Author : Lorraine (University of Dublin Trinity College Dublin) Leeson
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 257 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2012-05-31
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780748656295

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Irish Sign Language by Lorraine (University of Dublin Trinity College Dublin) Leeson Pdf

As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse.

Author : Susanne Mohr
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 249 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2014-07-28
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781614519041

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Mouth Actions in Sign Languages by Susanne Mohr Pdf

Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research into non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes.

Author : Maartje De Meulder,Joseph J. Murray,Rachel L. McKee
Publisher : Multilingual Matters
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2019-06-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781788924023

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The Legal Recognition of Sign Languages by Maartje De Meulder,Joseph J. Murray,Rachel L. McKee Pdf

This book presents the first ever comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, the impacts they have and the advocacy campaigns which led to their creation. It comprises 18 studies from communities across Europe, the US, South America, Asia and New Zealand. They set sign language legislation within the national context of language policies in each country and show patterns of intersection between language ideologies, public policy and deaf communities’ discourses. The chapters are grounded in a collaborative writing approach between deaf and hearing scholars and activists involved in legislative campaigns. Each one describes a deaf community’s expectations and hopes for legal recognition and the type of sign language legislation achieved. The chapters also discuss the strategies used in achieving the passage of the legislation, as well as an account of barriers confronted and surmounted (or not) in the legislative process. The book will be of interest to language activists in the fields of sign language and other minority languages, policymakers and researchers in deaf studies, sign linguistics, sociolinguistics, human rights law and applied linguistics.

Author : Annelies Kusters,Mara Green,Erin Moriarty,Kristin Snoddon
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2020-08-10
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501510090

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Sign Language Ideologies in Practice by Annelies Kusters,Mara Green,Erin Moriarty,Kristin Snoddon Pdf

This book focuses on how sign language ideologies influence, manifest in, and are challenged by communicative practices. Sign languages are minority languages using the visual-gestural and tactile modalities, whose affordances are very different from those of spoken languages using the auditory-oral modality.

Author : Terry Janzen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2005-10-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027294159

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Topics in Signed Language Interpreting by Terry Janzen Pdf

Interpreters who work with signed languages and those who work strictly with spoken languages share many of the same issues regarding their training, skill sets, and fundamentals of practice. Yet interpreting into and from signed languages presents unique challenges for the interpreter, who works with language that must be seen rather than heard. The contributions in this volume focus on topics of interest to both students of signed language interpreting and practitioners working in community, conference, and education settings. Signed languages dealt with include American Sign Language, Langue des Signes Québécoise and Irish Sign Language, although interpreters internationally will find the discussion in each chapter relevant to their own language context. Topics concern theoretical and practical components of the interpreter’s work, including interpreters’ approaches to language and meaning, their role on the job and in the communities within which they work, dealing with language variation and consumer preferences, and Deaf interpreters as professionals in the field.

Author : Julie Bakken Jepsen,Goedele De Clerck,Sam Lutalo-Kiingi,William B. McGregor
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 1018 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2015-10-16
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781501501029

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Sign Languages of the World by Julie Bakken Jepsen,Goedele De Clerck,Sam Lutalo-Kiingi,William B. McGregor Pdf

Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the languages of particular regions or genetic families, only a few cover sign languages or even include a substantial amount of information on them. This handbook provides information on some 38 sign languages, including basic facts about each of the languages, structural aspects, history and culture of the Deaf communities, and history of research. This information will be of interest not just to general audiences, including those who are deaf, but also to linguists and students of linguistics. By providing information on sign languages in a manner accessible to a less specialist audience, this volume fills an important gap in the literature.

Author : Dónall Ó Baoill,Patrick A. Matthews
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 372 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Deaf
ISBN : 0946452156

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The Irish Deaf Community by Dónall Ó Baoill,Patrick A. Matthews Pdf

Author : S.T. Lassal
Publisher : LegendaryMedia Publishing
Page : 68 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783864690679

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The Irish Sign Language Alphabet – A Project FingerAlphabet Reference Manual by S.T. Lassal Pdf

This Irish Sign Language Alphabet reference guide is a manual that includes professionally illustrated and approved signs of the Irish hand alphabet and of the numbers 0-10. This book is part of a set of manuals that accompanies the free PDF versions of the international manual alphabets on fingeralphabet.org (link in the book). It is designed for libraries, institutions, and individuals who archive or prefer their information in book format. All the handshapes are shown from two viewing angles, to facilitate understanding. The texts in this book are in English. By buying this book you are supporting the pro bono publico Project FingerAlphabet at www.fingeralphabet.org. Its aim is to document all the existing manual alphabets worldwide and to provide free basic information for educational purposes. Lassal's work on fingeralphabet.org has earned her a nomination for The German Prize for Civic Engagement.

Author : Stanislaus J. Foran
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 103 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1996
Category : Deaf
ISBN : OCLC:246002652

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Irish Sign Language by Stanislaus J. Foran Pdf

Author : Jemina Napier,Lorraine Leeson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2016-01-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781137309778

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Sign Language in Action by Jemina Napier,Lorraine Leeson Pdf

This book defines the notion of applied sign linguistics by drawing on data from projects that have explored sign language in action in various domains. The book gives professionals working with sign languages, signed language teachers and students, research students and their supervisors, authoritative access to current ideas and practice.

Author : Olga Balaeva
Publisher : Orpen Press
Page : 178 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2017-12-21
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786050427

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Ireland as Gaeilge by Olga Balaeva Pdf

Are you confused by all the Irish language signs you see around you? Do you wonder if and when the Irish actually speak Irish? After spending thirteen years learning Irish in school, why do so few Irish people actually speak it? Ireland as Gaeilge tells the story of the Irish language in a popular and engaging way, combining historical and linguistic facts with a light tone. Written by a Russian linguist living in Ireland, it gives an outsider’s perspective on this most national of subjects. Ireland as Gaeilge: Explains the impact of Irish history on the fortunes of the Irish languageDiscusses the present state of the languageLooks at everyday manifestations of Irish in Irish societyExplores the linguistic peculiarities of Irish and how the English and Irish languages have influenced each otherExamines the role of Irish in the international arena Ireland as Gaeilge will appeal to tourists, especially those with Irish connections, long-term visitors/residents (international students and professionals) and Irish people who are less familiar with the Irish language and are willing to give it a second chance.

Author : Nina Timmermans,Council of Europe. Committee on the Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities
Publisher : Council of Europe
Page : 166 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9789287157201

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The Status of Sign Languages in Europe by Nina Timmermans,Council of Europe. Committee on the Rehabilitation and Integration of People with Disabilities Pdf

The present report, based on information provided by member states' governments and by NGOs, gives an overview of the recognition of sign languages in 26 European states. It also summarises policies and programmes which have been developed by member states to ensure sign language users access to their political, social and cultural rights.

Author : Myriam Vermeerbergen,Lorraine Leeson,Onno Alex Crasborn
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902724796X

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Simultaneity in Signed Languages by Myriam Vermeerbergen,Lorraine Leeson,Onno Alex Crasborn Pdf

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 related and unrelated signed languages, in descriptive and cross-linguistic treatments which are set in different theoretical frameworks. This volume has relevance for those interested in sign linguistics, in teaching and learning signed languages, and is also highly recommended to anyone interested in the fundamental underpinnings of human language and the effects of signed versus spoken modality.

Author : Jane H. Hill,P. J. Mistry,Lyle Campbell
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 533 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2011-06-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110811155

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The Life of Language by Jane H. Hill,P. J. Mistry,Lyle Campbell Pdf

TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS is a series of books that open new perspectives in our understanding of language. The series publishes state-of-the-art work on core areas of linguistics across theoretical frameworks as well as studies that provide new insights by building bridges to neighbouring fields such as neuroscience and cognitive science. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS considers itself a forum for cutting-edge research based on solid empirical data on language in its various manifestations, including sign languages. It regards linguistic variation in its synchronic and diachronic dimensions as well as in its social contexts as important sources of insight for a better understanding of the design of linguistic systems and the ecology and evolution of language. TRENDS IN LINGUISTICS publishes monographs and outstanding dissertations as well as edited volumes, which provide the opportunity to address controversial topics from different empirical and theoretical viewpoints. High quality standards are ensured through anonymous reviewing.

Author : Olaf Zenker
Publisher : Berghahn Books
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2013-04-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780857459145

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Irish/ness Is All Around Us by Olaf Zenker Pdf

Focusing on Irish speakers in Catholic West Belfast, this ethnography on Irish language and identity explores the complexities of changing, and contradictory, senses of Irishness and shifting practices of 'Irish culture' in the domains of language, music, dance and sports. The author's theoretical approach to ethnicity and ethnic revivals presents an expanded explanatory framework for the social (re)production of ethnicity, theorizing the mutual interrelations between representations and cultural practices regarding their combined capacity to engender ethnic revivals. Relevant not only to readers with an interest in the intricacies of the Northern Irish situation, this book also appeals to a broader readership in anthropology, sociology, cultural studies, history and political science concerned with the mechanisms behind ethnonational conflict and the politics of culture and identity in general.