Sign Language in Papua New Guinea

Sign Language in Papua New Guinea
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
Total Pages : 221
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ISBN-10 : 9789027261823
ISBN-13 : 9027261822
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Synopsis Sign Language in Papua New Guinea by : Adam Kendon

This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a sign language from that part of the world. The detailed descriptive analyses that the author provided are still fresh today, and in some respects they anticipate insights into the nature of sign languages that were not further explored until much more recently. The monograph is accompanied by two essays: Sherman Wilcox comments on value and relevance of the author’s work in the light of much more recent work on the linguistics of sign languages. An essay by Lauren Reed and Alan Rumsey provides an up to date survey of what is now known about sign languages in Papua New Guinea. Information about sign languages in the Solomon Island is also included.

Sign Language

Sign Language
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 1140
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ISBN-10 : 9783110261325
ISBN-13 : 3110261324
Rating : 4/5 (25 Downloads)

Synopsis Sign Language by : Roland Pfau

Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should also be asked of spoken languages. The HSK handbook Sign Language aims to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sign language linguistics. It includes 44 chapters, written by leading researchers in the field, that address issues in language typology, sign language grammar, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and language documentation and transcription. Crucially, all topics are presented in a way that makes them accessible to linguists who are not familiar with sign language linguistics.

Sign Language Ideologies in Practice

Sign Language Ideologies in Practice
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 260
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ISBN-10 : 9781501510021
ISBN-13 : 1501510029
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Sign Language Ideologies in Practice by : Annelies Kusters

This book focuses on how sign language ideologies influence, manifest in, and are challenged by communicative practices. Sign languages are minority languages using the visual-gestural and tactile modalities, whose affordances are very different from those of spoken languages using the auditory-oral modality.

Gesturecraft

Gesturecraft
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9789027289827
ISBN-13 : 9027289824
Rating : 4/5 (27 Downloads)

Synopsis Gesturecraft by : Jürgen Streeck

The craft of gesture is part of the practical equipment with which we inhabit and understand the world together. Drawing on micro-ethnographic research in diverse interaction settings, this book explores the communicative ecologies in which hand-gestures appear: illuminating the world around us, depicting it, making sense of it, and symbolizing the interaction process itself. Gesture is analyzed as embodied communicative action grounded in the hands' practical and cognitive engagments with material worlds. The book responds to the quest for the role of the human body in cognition and interaction with an analytic perspective informed by phenomenology, conversation analysis, context analysis, praxeology, and cognitive science. Many of the cross-linguistic video-data of everyday interaction investigated in its chapters are available on-line.

Nonverbal Communication, Interaction, and Gesture

Nonverbal Communication, Interaction, and Gesture
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Total Pages : 560
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ISBN-10 : 9783110880021
ISBN-13 : 3110880024
Rating : 4/5 (21 Downloads)

Synopsis Nonverbal Communication, Interaction, and Gesture by : Adam Kendon

The present volume is an excellent introduction to the study of human nonverbal communication, including interaction and gesture, for students and specialists in other disciplines, as well as a convenient compilation of significant contributions to the field for experts. Part 1 includes four articles, the import of which is primarily theoretical or methodological. Part II comprises eight articles in which instances of interaction are examined and attempts are made to explain how the behavior that can be observed in them functions in the interaction process. Part III presents six articles on what may broadly be referred to as 'gesture'. These articles deal with specific actions, mostly of the forelimbs, which are usually deemed to have specific communicational significance. In an introductory chapter, the volume editor, Adam Kendon, not only examines the various issues raised by the eighteen papers but also shows the relevance of each article as a contribution to the development of an understanding of how human visible behavior functions communicatively.

Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas

Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 377
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ISBN-10 : 9781501504846
ISBN-13 : 1501504843
Rating : 4/5 (46 Downloads)

Synopsis Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas by : Olivier Le Guen

This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to the gestures produced in the surrounding communities of hearing individuals. Contents Acknowledgements Olivier Le Guen, Marie Coppola and Josefina Safar Introduction: How Emerging Sign Languages in the Americas contributes to the study of linguistics and (emerging) sign languages Part I: Emerging sign languages of the Americas. Descriptions and analysis John Haviland Signs, interaction, coordination, and gaze: interactive foundations of “Z”—an emerging (sign) language from Chiapas, Mexico Laura Horton Representational strategies in shared homesign systems from Nebaj, Guatemala Josefina Safar and Rodrigo Petatillo Chan Strategies of noun-verb distinction in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages Emmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier A typological perspective on the meaningful handshapes in the emerging sign languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) Ben Braithwaite Emerging sign languages in the Caribbean Olivier Le Guen, Rebeca Petatillo and Rita (Rossy) Kinil Canché Yucatec Maya multimodal interaction as the basis for Yucatec Maya Sign Language Marie Coppola Gestures, homesign, sign language: Cultural and social factors driving lexical conventionalization Part II: Sociolinguistic sketches John B. Haviland Zinacantec family homesign (or “Z”) Laura Horton A sociolinguistic sketch of deaf individuals and families from Nebaj, Guatemala Josefina Safar and Olivier Le Guen Yucatec Maya Sign Language(s): A sociolinguistic overview Emmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier Sign Languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) Ben Braithwaite Sociolinguistic sketch of Providence Island Sign Language Kristian Ali and Ben Braithwaite Bay Islands Sign Language: A Sociolinguistic Sketch Marie Coppola Sociolinguistic sketch: Nicaraguan Sign Language and Homesign Systems in Nicaragua

Sign Languages

Sign Languages
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 194
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ISBN-10 : 9780429665141
ISBN-13 : 0429665148
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Sign Languages by : Joseph Hill

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Focusing on American Sign Language (ASL), this book: offers a comprehensive introduction to the basic grammatical components of phonology, morphology, and syntax with examples and illustrations; demonstrates how sign languages are acquired by Deaf children with varying degrees of input during early development, including no input where children create a language of their own; discusses the contexts of sign languages, including how different varieties are formed and used, attitudes towards sign languages, and how language planning affects language use; is accompanied by e-resources, which host links to video clips. Offering an engaging and accessible introduction to sign languages, this book is essential reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders
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Publisher : SAGE Publications
Total Pages : 4018
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ISBN-10 : 9781506353333
ISBN-13 : 1506353339
Rating : 4/5 (33 Downloads)

Synopsis The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders by : Jack S. Damico

The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders is an in-depth encyclopedia aimed at students interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on human communication—both normal and disordered—across the lifespan. This timely and unique set will look at the spectrum of communication disorders, from causation and prevention to testing and assessment; through rehabilitation, intervention, and education. Examples of the interdisciplinary reach of this encyclopedia: A strong focus on health issues, with topics such as Asperger′s syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, anatomy of the human larynx, dementia, etc. Including core psychology and cognitive sciences topics, such as social development, stigma, language acquisition, self-help groups, memory, depression, memory, Behaviorism, and cognitive development Education is covered in topics such as cooperative learning, special education, classroom-based service delivery The editors have recruited top researchers and clinicians across multiple fields to contribute to approximately 640 signed entries across four volumes.

An Introduction to Linguistic Typology

An Introduction to Linguistic Typology
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Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Total Pages : 541
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ISBN-10 : 9789027273505
ISBN-13 : 9027273502
Rating : 4/5 (05 Downloads)

Synopsis An Introduction to Linguistic Typology by : Viveka Velupillai

This clear and accessible introduction to linguistic typology covers all linguistic domains from phonology and morphology over parts-of-speech, the NP and the VP, to simple and complex clauses, pragmatics and language change. There is also a discussion on methodological issues in typology. This textbook is the first introduction that consistently applies the findings of the World Atlas of Language Structures, systematically includes pidgin and creole languages and devotes a section to sign languages in each chapter. All chapters contain numerous illustrative examples and specific feature maps. Keywords and exercises help review the main topics of each chapter. Appendices provide macro data for all the languages cited in the book as well as a list of web sites of typological interest. An extensive glossary gives at-a-glance definitions of the terms used in the book. This introduction is designed for students of courses with a focus on language diversity and typology, as well as typologically-oriented courses in morphology and syntax. The book will also serve as a guide for field linguists.

Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages

Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 502
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ISBN-10 : 9780521803854
ISBN-13 : 0521803853
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages by : Texas Linguistics Society. Conference

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