Sign Language Phonology

ISBN-13: 9781107113473 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 296 str.

Diane Brentari

Opis

Explores key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, and the related fields to which sign language studies has contributed, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language acquisition and language creation. It will be of interest to students and linguists working on spoken language, phonology and sign language linguistics.

Recenzje

'Each chapter can stand alone as a coherent piece of scholarship; overall the book is important not just for sign language phonology but for the notion of phonology - and language - broadly.' E. L. Battistella, Choice

Spis treści

1. Introduction: sign language vs gesture, sign language vs speech; 2. Modality effects; 3. Iconcity; 4. Interfaces; 5. The emergence of phonology; 6. Sign language phonological processing; 7. Sign language acquisition; 8. Sign language phonological variation and change.