Sign Language Phonology

ISBN-13: 9781107534094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 351 str.

Diane (University of Chicago) Brentari

Opis

Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.

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.