Modality and structure in signed and spoken languages.

Signed languages are the naturally-evolved visual-gestural languages of deaf communities. There is no international sign language: this book investigates the linguistic properties of many sign languages - British, Mexican, Hong Kong, German - and the extent to which linguistic structure is influence...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Texas Linguistics Society. Conference (2000: University Of Texas At Austin)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Multiple
Publicado: Cambridge : Cambridge Univ Press, 2002.
Temas:
Sign language > Congresses.
Modality (Linguistics) > Congresses.
Gesture > Congresses.
Langage par signes > Congrès.
Modalité (Linguistique) > Congrès.
Gestes > Congrès.
Gesture
Modality (Linguistics)
Sign language
Conference papers and proceedings
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Contributors; Acknowledgments; 1 Why different, why the same? Explaining effects and non-effects of modality upon linguistic structure in sign and speech; Part I Phonological structure in signed languages; Part II Gesture and iconicity in sign and speech; Part III Syntax in sign: Few or no effects of modality; Part IV Using space and describing space: Pronouns, classifiers, and verb agreement; Index.

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