Understanding Signed Languages

ISBN-13: 9781032164212 / Twarda / 2024 / 240 str.

Jill P. Morford

Opis

Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world.

Recenzje

Understanding Signed Languages is a valuable textbook that comprehensively covers all the topics necessary for students studying signed languages. It presents the information in an easy-to-understand manner.

Professor Johanna Mesch, Stockholm University, Sweden

Spis treści

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction to Signed Languages

2. Signed Language Communities

3. Phonetics & Phonology in Signed Languages

4. Packaging Meaning in Signs and Constructions in Signed Languages

5. Signed Language Discourse

6. Signs of Change

7. Language Acquisition in the Visual Modality

8. Deaf Communities are Multilingual Communities

Appendix of Signed Languages

Glossary

Index

O autorze

Erin Wilkinson is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. She currently serves as co-editor of Sign Language Studies and of Cambridge Elements in Sign Languages. Her research is published in Humanity & Society, Cognition, Sign Language Studies, Maternal and Child Health Journal and Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.

Jill P. Morford is Professor of Linguistics at the University of New Mexico. She co-edited the volume Language Acquisition by Eye, and has published in Frontiers in Psychology, Cognition, Cognitive Linguistics, Maternal and Child Health Journal and Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.