A prosodic model of sign language phonology / Diane Brentari.
Material type: TextSeries: Language, speech, and communicationPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xviii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0262024454
- 9780262024457
- Sign language phonology
- 419
- HV2474. B44 1998
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"A Bradford Book.".
Includes bibliographical references (pages 335-351) and index.
Preface -- Notational Conventions and Abbreviations -- Ch. 1. Goals of the Model -- Ch. 2. The Use of Constraint-Based Frameworks and Prosodic Units in Analyses of Sign Languages -- Ch. 3. Inherent Features -- Ch. 4. Prosodic Features -- Ch. 5. Timing Units -- Ch. 6. Complexity, Sonority, and Weight in ASL Syllables -- Ch. 7. The Structure of Two-Handed Signs -- Ch. 8. Contributions of Sign Language Phonology to Phonological Theory and Cognitive Science -- App. A. The Letters of the ASL Manual Alphabet Labeled [Flexed] or Nonflexed -- App. B. Verb Forms That Do and Do Not Allow the [Delayed Completive] Aspect -- App. C. Forms That Undergo Reduplicative Nominalization -- App. D. Descriptive Categories of Two-Handed Signs According to Their Ability to Undergo Weak Drop -- Notes -- References -- Index of Illustrated Signs -- General Index.
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