Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language
Author: Scott K. Liddell
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2003-03-13
Total Pages: 404
ISBN-13: 9780521016506
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American Sign Language
Author: Charlotte Lee Baker-Shenk
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 492
ISBN-13: 9780930323844
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe videocassettes illustrate dialogues for the text it accompanies, and also provides ASL stories, poems and dramatic prose for classroom use. Each dialogue is presented three times to allow the student to "converse with" each signer. Also demonstrates the grammar and structure of sign language. The teacher's text on grammar and culture focuses on the use of three basic types of sentences, four verb inflections, locative relationships and pronouns, etc. by using sign language. The teacher's text on curriculum and methods gives guidelines on teaching American Sign Language and Structured activities for classroom use.
Language and Gesture
Author: David McNeill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2000-08-03
Total Pages: 424
ISBN-13: 9780521777612
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLandmark study on the role of gestures in relation to speech and thought.
Jordanian Sign Language
Author: Bernadet Hendriks
Publisher:
Published: 2008
Total Pages: 282
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Cambridge Handbook of Cognitive Linguistics
Author: Barbara Dancygier
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2017-06-01
Total Pages: 1427
ISBN-13: 1108146139
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe best survey of cognitive linguistics available, this Handbook provides a thorough explanation of its rich methodology, key results, and interdisciplinary context. With in-depth coverage of the research questions, basic concepts, and various theoretical approaches, the Handbook addresses newly emerging subfields and shows their contribution to the discipline. The Handbook introduces fields of study that have become central to cognitive linguistics, such as conceptual mappings and construction grammar. It explains all the main areas of linguistic analysis traditionally expected in a full linguistics framework, and includes fields of study such as language acquisition, sociolinguistics, diachronic studies, and corpus linguistics. Setting linguistic facts within the context of many other disciplines, the Handbook will be welcomed by researchers and students in a broad range of disciplines, including linguistics, cognitive science, neuroscience, gesture studies, computational linguistics, and multimodal studies.
Sign Language Phonology
Author: Diane Brentari
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2019-11-21
Total Pages: 353
ISBN-13: 1107113474
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSurveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.
Gesture and the Nature of Language
Author: David F. Armstrong
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1995-03-16
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780521467728
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book proposes a radical alternative to dominant views of the evolution of language, in particular the origins of syntax. The authors draw on evidence from areas such as primatology, anthropology, and linguistics to present a groundbreaking account of the notion that language emerged through visible bodily action. Written in a clear and accessible style, Gesture and the Nature of Language will be indispensable reading for all those interested in the origins of language.
Sign Language and Linguistic Universals
Author: Wendy Sandler
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2006-02-02
Total Pages: 580
ISBN-13: 9780521483957
DOWNLOAD EBOOKSign languages are of great interest to linguists, because while they are the product of the same brain, their physical transmission differs greatly from that of spoken languages. In this pioneering and original study, Wendy Sandler and Diane Lillo-Martin compare sign languages with spoken languages, in order to seek the universal properties they share. Drawing on general linguistic theory, they describe and analyze sign language structure, showing linguistic universals in the phonology, morphology, and syntax of sign language, while also revealing non-universal aspects of its structure that must be attributed to its physical transmission system. No prior background in sign language linguistics is assumed, and numerous pictures are provided to make descriptions of signs and facial expressions accessible to readers. Engaging and informative, Sign Language and Linguistic Universals will be invaluable to linguists, psychologists, and all those interested in sign languages, linguistic theory and the universal properties of human languages.
Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World
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Publisher: Elsevier
Published: 2010-04-06
Total Pages: 1320
ISBN-13: 0080877753
DOWNLOAD EBOOKConcise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World is an authoritative single-volume reference resource comprehensively describing the major languages and language families of the world. It will provide full descriptions of the phonology, semantics, morphology, and syntax of the world's major languages, giving insights into their structure, history and development, sounds, meaning, structure, and language family, thereby both highlighting their diversity for comparative study, and contextualizing them according to their genetic relationships and regional distribution.Based on the highly acclaimed and award-winning Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics, this volume will provide an edited collection of almost 400 articles throughout which a representative subset of the world's major languages are unfolded and explained in up-to-date terminology and authoritative interpretation, by the leading scholars in linguistics. In highlighting the diversity of the world's languages — from the thriving to the endangered and extinct — this work will be the first point of call to any language expert interested in this huge area. No other single volume will match the extent of language coverage or the authority of the contributors of Concise Encyclopedia of Languages of the World. - Extraordinary breadth of coverage: a comprehensive selection of just under 400 articles covering the world's major languages, language families, and classification structures, issues and dispute - Peerless quality: based on 20 years of academic development on two editions of the leading reference resource in linguistics, Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics - Unique authorship: 350 of the world's leading experts brought together for one purpose - Exceptional editorial selection, review and validation process: Keith Brown and Sarah Ogilvie act as first-tier guarantors for article quality and coverage - Compact and affordable: one-volume format makes this suitable for personal study at any institution interested in areal, descriptive, or comparative language study - and at a fraction of the cost of the full encyclopedia
The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary
Author: Richard A. Tennant
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 412
ISBN-13: 9781563680434
DOWNLOAD EBOOKOrganizes 1,600-plus ASL signs by 40 basic hand shapes rather than in alphabetical word order. This format allows users to search for a sign that they recognize but whose meaning they have forgotten or for the meaning of a new sign they have seen for the first time. The entries include descriptions of how to form each sign to represent the varying terms they might mean. Index of English glosses only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
