The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction - Brossura

Sutton-Spence, Rachel

 
9780521637183: The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction

Sinossi

This is the first British textbook dealing solely with sign linguistics.

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Descrizione del libro

This is the first British textbook dealing solely with sign linguistics. It provides essential support for learners of British Sign Language and others interested in the structure and use of BSL and assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics and sign language. Technical terms and jargon are kept to a minimum. An accompanying 90-minute video is available from CACDP, Durham University Science Park, Block 4, Mountjoy Research Centre, Stockton Road, Durham, DH1 3UZ. Tel: 0191 383 1155, or e-mail: durham@cacdp.demon.co.uk

Contenuti

Conventions used in the text; 1. Linguistics and sign linguistics; 2. BSL in its social context; 3. Constructing sign sentences; 4. Questions and negation; 5. Mouth patterns and non-manual features in BSL; 6. Morphology and morphemes in BSL; 7. Aspect, manner and mood; 8. Space types and verb types in BSL; 9. The structure of gestures and signs; 10. Visual motivation and metaphor; 11. The established and productive lexicons; 12. Borrowing and naming signs; 13. Socially unacceptable signs; 14. Extended use of language in BSL; Table of illustrations; Index; Index of signs; Bibliography.

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9780521631426: The Linguistics of British Sign Language: An Introduction

Edizione in evidenza

ISBN 10:  0521631424 ISBN 13:  9780521631426
Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1999
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