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A prosodic model of sign language phonology / Diane Brentari.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Language, speech, and communicationPublisher: Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998]Copyright date: ©1998Description: xviii, 376 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0262024454
  • 9780262024457
Other title:
  • Sign language phonology
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 419
LOC classification:
  • HV2474. B44 1998
Contents:
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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"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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