Simultaneity In Signed Languages

Author : Myriam Vermeerbergen,Lorraine Leeson,Onno Alex Crasborn
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 40,5 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 : Wendy Sandler,Diane Carolyn Lillo-Martin
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2006-02-02
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521483956

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Sign Language and Linguistic Universals by Wendy Sandler,Diane Carolyn Lillo-Martin Pdf

Sign languages are of great interest to linguists, because while they are the product of the same brain, their physical transmission differs greatly from that of spoken languages. In this pioneering and original study, Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin compare sign languages with spoken languages, in order to seek the universal properties they share. Drawing on general linguistic theory, they describe and analyze sign language structure, showing linguistic universals in the phonology, morphology, and syntax of sign language, while also revealing non-universal aspects of its structure that must be attributed to its physical transmission system. No prior background in sign language linguistics is assumed, and numerous pictures are provided to make descriptions of signs and facial expressions accessible to readers. Engaging and informative, Sign Language and Linguistic Universals will be invaluable to linguists, psychologists, and all those interested in sign languages, linguistic theory and the universal properties of human languages.

Author : Jemina Napier,Lorraine Leeson
Publisher : Springer
Page : 339 pages
File Size : 51,6 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 : Jim G. Kyle,James Kyle,Bencie Woll
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1988-02-26
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 0521357179

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Sign Language by Jim G. Kyle,James Kyle,Bencie Woll Pdf

The discovery of the importance of sign language in the deaf community is very recent indeed. This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, and particularly of the deaf community in Britain. The authors' principal aim is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves - a language of movement and space, of the hands and of the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story telling. The first chapters of the book discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children (BSL) follows, and the authors also consider how the signs come into existence, change over time and alter their meanings, and how BSL compares and contrasts with spoken languages and other signed languages. Subsequent chapters examine sign language learning from a psychological perspective and other cognitive issues. The book concludes with a consideration of the applications of sign language research, particularly in the contentious field of education. There is still much to be discovered about sign language and the deaf community, but the authors have succeeded in providing an extensive framework on which other researchers can build, from which professionals can develop a coherent practice for their work with deaf people, and from which hearing parents of deaf children can draw the confidence to understand their children's world.

Author : Barbara Dancygier
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 1427 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-06-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781108146135

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The Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics by Barbara Dancygier Pdf

The best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of study that have become central to cognitive linguistics, such as conceptual mappings and construction grammar. It explains all the main areas of linguistic analysis traditionally expected in a full linguistics framework, and includes fields of study such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, diachronic studies, and corpus linguistics. Setting linguistic facts within the context of many other disciplines, the Handbook will be welcomed by researchers and students in a broad range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, gesture studies, computational linguistics, and multimodal studies.

Author : Peter Oracha Adoyo
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Deaf
ISBN : STANFORD:36105123125317

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Kenyan Sign Language & Simultaneous Communication by Peter Oracha Adoyo Pdf

Author : Laurence Meurant
Publisher : ISSN
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Deaf
ISBN : 1614511993

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Sign Language Research, Uses and Practices by Laurence Meurant Pdf

Over the past decades, the field of sign language linguistics has expanded considerably. Recent research on sign languages includes a wide range of subdomains such as reference grammars, theoretical linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied studies on sign languages and Deaf communities. The SLDC series is concerned with the study of sign languages in a comprehensive way, covering various theoretical, experimental, and applied dimensions of sign language research and their relationship to Deaf communities around the world. The series provides a multidisciplinary platform for innovative and outstanding research in sign language linguistics and aims at linking the study of sign languages to current trends in modern linguistics, such as new experimental and theoretical investigations, the importance of language endangerment, the impact of technological developments on data collection and Deaf education, and the broadening geographical scope of typological sign language studies, especially in terms of research on non-Western sign languages and Deaf communities.

Author : Bernadet Hendriks
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Jordanian Sign Language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122584662

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Jordanian Sign Language by Bernadet Hendriks Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 174 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2018-07-17
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789004376625

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A Bibliography of South African Languages, 2008-2017 by Anonim Pdf

This concise bibliography on South-African Languages and Linguistics was compiled on the occasion of the 20th International Congress of Linguists in Cape Town, South Africa, July 2018. The selection of titles is drawn from the Linguistic Bibliography and gives an overview of scholarship on South African language studies over the past 10 years. The introduction written by Menán du Plessis (Stellenbosch University) discusses the most recent developments in the field. The Linguistic Bibliography is compiled under the editorial management of Eline van der Veken, René Genis and Anne Aarssen in Leiden, The Netherlands. Linguistic Bibliography Online is the most comprehensive bibliography for scholarship on languages and theoretical linguistics available. Updated monthly with a total of more than 20,000 records annually, it enables users to trace recent publications and provides overviews of older material. For more information on Linguistic Bibliography and Linguistic Bibliography Online, please visit brill.com/lbo and linguisticbibliography.com. The e-book version of this bibliography is available in Open Access.

Author : Annika Herrmann,Markus Steinbach
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2013-06-20
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027271747

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Nonmanuals in Sign Language by Annika Herrmann,Markus Steinbach Pdf

In addition to the hands, sign languages make extensive use of nonmanual articulators such as the body, head, and face to convey linguistic information. This collected volume focuses on the forms and functions of nonmanuals in sign languages. The articles discuss various aspects of specific nonmanual markers in different sign languages and enhance the fact that nonmanuals are an essential part of sign language grammar. Approaching the topic from empirical, theoretical, and computational perspectives, the book is of special interest to sign language researchers, typologists, and theoretical as well as computational linguists that are curious about language and modality. The articles investigate phenomena such as mouth gestures, agreement, negation, topicalization, and semantic operators, and discuss general topics such as language and modality, simultaneity, computer animation, and the interfaces between syntax, semantics, and prosody.Originally published in Sign Language & Linguistics 14:1 (2011)

Author : Texas Linguistics Society. Conference
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 502 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2002-10-24
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780521803854

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Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages by Texas Linguistics Society. Conference Pdf

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Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1056 pages
File Size : 53,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Languages, Modern
ISBN : PSU:000057122366

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MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures by Anonim Pdf

Author : D.C. Lillo-Martin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789401134682

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Universal Grammar and American Sign Language by D.C. Lillo-Martin Pdf

AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE American Sign Language (ASL) is the visual-gestural language used by most of the deaf community in the United States and parts of Canada. On the surface, this language (as all signed languages) seems radically different from the spoken languages which have been used to formulate theories of linguistic princi ples and parameters. However, the position taken in this book is that when the surface effects of modality are stripped away, ASL will be seen to follow many of the patterns proposed as universals for human language. If these theoretical constructs are meant to hold for language in general, then they should hold for natural human language in any modality; and ifASL is such a natural human language, then it too must be accounted for by any adequate theory of Universal Grammar. For this rea son, the study of ASL can be vital for proposed theories of Universal Grammar. Recent work in several theoretical frameworks of syntax as well as phonology have argued that indeed, ASL is such a lan guage. I will assume then, that principles of Universal Gram mar, and principles that derive from it, are applicable to ASL, and in fact that ASL can serve as one of the languages which test Universal Grammar. There is an important distinction to be drawn, however, be tween what is called here 'American Sign Language', and other forms of manual communication.

Author : Karen Emmorey
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 349 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2003-04-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781135632953

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Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages by Karen Emmorey Pdf

Classifier constructions are universal to sign languages and exhibit unique properties that arise from the nature of the visual-gestural modality. The major goals are to bring to light critical issues related to the study of classifier constructions and to present state-of-the-art linguistic and psycholinguistic analyses of these constructions. It is hoped that by doing so, more researchers will be inspired to investigate the nature of classifier constructions across signed languages and further explore the unique aspects of these forms. The papers in this volume discuss the following issues: *how sign language classifiers differ from spoken languages; *cross-linguistic variation in sign language classifier systems; *the role of gesture; *the nature of morpho-syntactic and phonological constraints on classifier constructions; *the grammaticization process for these forms; and *the acquisition of classifier forms. Divided into four parts, groups of papers focus on a particular set of issues, and commentary papers end each section.

Author : Victoria Anna Sophie Nyst
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Akan (African people)
ISBN : STANFORD:36105122440659

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A Descriptive Analysis of Adamorobe Sign Language (Ghana) by Victoria Anna Sophie Nyst Pdf

Adamorobe, a small Akan village in Ghana, has an unusually high incidence of hereditary deafness. As a result, a sign language came into being, Adamorobe Sign Language (AdaSL), which is unrelated to any other sign language described so far and is assumed to be about 200 years old. The present study describes selected aspects of AdaSL, notably phonology, lexicon, the expression of size and shape and the encoding of motion events. A comparison of these aspects with descriptions of other sign languages reveals interesting cross-linguistic differences in the use of iconicity as well as in the use of space and classifier constructions. Data were collected during three periods of fieldwork of nine months in total. Moreover, this study considers to what extent the social setting may influence the development of structural features in sign languages. This investigation nuances the impact the visual-spatial modality has on sign language structure. The book is of interest to scholars of sign linguistics, African linguistics, as well as contact linguistics and Deaf studies.