Sign Languages Structures and Contexts Routledge Guides to Linguistics Series
Auteurs : Hill Joseph, Lillo-Martin Diane, Wood Sandra
Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book:
- offers a comprehensive introduction to the basic grammatical components of phonology, morphology, and syntax with examples and illustrations;
- demonstrates how sign languages are acquired by Deaf children with varying degrees of input during early development, including no input where children create a language of their own;
- discusses the contexts of sign languages, including how different varieties are formed and used, attitudes towards sign languages, and how language planning affects language use;
- is accompanied by e-resources, which host links to video clips.
Offering an engaging and accessible introduction to sign languages, this book is essential reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.
List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Phonology
Chapter 3: Morphology
Chapter 4: Syntax
Chapter 5: Children with input from birth
Chapter 6: Contexts of later language development
Chapter 7: Homesign systems
Chapter 8: Variation
Chapter 9: Language Attitudes
Chapter 10: Language Policy and Planning
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Index
Joseph C. Hill is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education at the National Technical Institutes for the Deaf in Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.
Diane C. Lillo-Martin is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut and a Senior Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories, USA.
Sandra K. Wood is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and ASL Program Coordinator at the University of Southern Maine, USA.
Date de parution : 12-2018
12.9x19.8 cm
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Mots-clés :
Intransitive Verbs; sign languages; Asl; Deaf Studies; Sign Language Prosody; sign languages and linguistics; American Sign Language; sign language and culture; AAE; introducing sign language; Asl Sign; Joseph C; Hill; Deaf Children; Diane C; Lillo-Martin; Language Ideology; Sandra K; Wood; Nonmanual Marker; Deaf Community; Homesign Systems; Deaf Students; Asl Syntax; Deaf People; Handshape Change; Bimodal Bilinguals; Multiple Wh Questions; Deaf Signers; Brow Raise; Black Deaf; Deaf Schools; Asl Instruction; Order Sov; AAE Speaker; CRPD