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A language in space : the story of Israeli Sign Language /

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Meir, Irit
Otros Autores: Sandler, Wendy, 1949-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Hebrew
Publicado: New York, NY : Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, ©2008.
Temas:
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction: language and the people who use it
  • The basic components of the word in sign language
  • Vocabulary: simple and complex words
  • Grammar in space: the pronominal system
  • Grammar in space: verb agreement
  • Tenses and aspects
  • Shapes, locations, and motion in space: classifier constructions
  • Word order
  • Negative and interrogative sentences
  • Beyond the hands: facial expression in ISL
  • The history of the deaf community in Israel
  • The emergence and development of ISL
  • Voices from the community
  • Similarities and differences across sign languages
  • The contribution of sign languages to linguistic research.