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Author : Diane Brentari
Release : 2019-11-21
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 474/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sign Language Phonology by : Diane Brentari
Download or read book Sign Language Phonology written by Diane Brentari. This book was released on 2019-11-21. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.
Author : Diane Brentari
Release : 1998
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 457/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology by : Diane Brentari
Download or read book A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology written by Diane Brentari. This book was released on 1998. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Superior to any other book on the subject that I have seen. I can see it being used as a class text or reference for current theory in sign language phonology.Carol A. Padden, Department of Communication, University of California
Author : Wendy Sandler
Release : 2006-02-02
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 957/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sign Language and Linguistic Universals by : Wendy Sandler
Download or read book Sign Language and Linguistic Universals written by Wendy Sandler. This book was released on 2006-02-02. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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 : Geoffrey R. Coulter
Release : 2014-05-10
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 574/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Current Issues in ASL Phonology by : Geoffrey R. Coulter
Download or read book Current Issues in ASL Phonology written by Geoffrey R. Coulter. This book was released on 2014-05-10. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phonetics and Phonology, Volume 3: Current Issues in ASL Phonology deals with theoretical issues in the phonology of ASL (American Sign Language), the signed language of the American Deaf. These issues range from the overall architecture of phonological theory to particular proposals such as the nature of syllables and the reality of underlying "dynamic" or "contour" elements. The seemingly universal preference, CV (consonant-vowel) as opposed to VC (vowel-consonant) syllable structure, is also discussed. Comprised of 14 chapters, this volume begins with some general background on ASL and on the community in which it is used. It then looks at secondary licensing and the nature of constraints on the non-dominant hand in ASL; underspecification in ASL handshape contours; and the nature of ASL and the development of ASL linguistics. The applicability of the notion of "phonology" to a signed language and the sort of questions that can be explored about the parallelisms between signed and spoken linguistic systems are also considered. Later chapters focus on the linearization of phonological tiers in ASL; phonological segmentation in sign and speech; two models of segmentation in ASL; and sonority and syllable structure in ASL. The book also examines phrase-level prosody in ASL before concluding with an analysis of linguistic expression and its relation to modality. This monograph will appeal to phonologists who work on both signed and spoken languages, and to other cognitive scientists interested in the nature of abstract articulatory representations in human language.
Author : Anne Baker
Release : 2009-01-14
Genre : Language Arts & Disciplines
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Book Rating : 59X/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis Sign Language Acquisition by : Anne Baker
Download or read book Sign Language Acquisition written by Anne Baker. This book was released on 2009-01-14. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual child’s communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do research in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools. The contributions to this volume address issues covering the basics of doing sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of transcription, analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It serves as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign languages who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally published as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 8:1/2 (2005)
