Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia

Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia

Author: Adam Kendon

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1988

Total Pages: 563

ISBN-13: 0521360080

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This 1988 book was the first full-length study ever to be published on the subject of sign language as a means of communication among Australian Aborigines. Based on fieldwork conducted over a span of nine years, the volume presents a thorough analysis of the structure of sign languages and their relationship to spoken languages.