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Linguistics of American Sign Language : an introduction / Clayton Valli [and three others].

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011Copyright date: ©2011Edition: Fifth editionDescription: xiv, 579 pages : illustrations ; 27 cm + 1 computer disc (12 cm)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 1563685078
  • 9781563685071
  • 1563685086
  • 9781563685088
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 419.7 23
LOC classification:
  • HV2474 .V35 2011
Contents:
pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Phonology -- pt. 3. Morphology -- part 4. Syntax -- pt. 5. Semantics -- pt. 6. Language in use -- pt. 7. Supplemental readings -- --
pt. 1. Introduction -- Defining language -- Defining linguistics -- -- pt. 2. Phonology -- Signs have parts -- The Stokoe system -- The concept of sequentiality in the description of signs -- The Liddell and Johnson Movement-Hold Model -- Phonological processes -- Summary -- -- pt. 3. Morphology -- Building new signs -- Deriving nouns from verbs -- Compounds -- Fingerspelling -- Numeral incorporation -- -- part 4. Syntax -- Introduction -- Basic sentence types -- Lexical categories -- Word order -- Time and aspect -- Verbs -- The function of space -- -- pt. 5. Semantics -- The meaning of individual signs -- The meaning of sentences -- -- pt. 6. Language in use -- Variation and historical change -- ASL discourse -- Bilingualism and language contact -- Language as art -- -- pt. 7. Supplemental readings -- Analyzing signs / Robbin Battison -- Signs have parts : a simple idea / Robbin Battison -- Introduction to A dictionary of American Sign Language / William C. Stokoe, Dorothy C. Casterline, and Carl G. Croneberg -- American Sign Language : the phonological base / Scott K. Liddell and Robert E. Johnson -- The confluence of space and language in signed languages / Karen Emmorey -- Indicating verbs and pronouns : pointing away from agreement / Scott K. Liddell -- Body partitioning and real-space blends / Paul G. Dudis -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / Edward Finegan and Niko Besnier -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / William O'Grady -- Semantics : the analysis of meaning / William O'Grady -- Analyzing variation in sign languages : theoretical and methodological issues / Rob Hoopes, Mary Rose, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, Alyssa Wulf, Karen Petronio, and Steven Collins -- Variation in American Sign Language / Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley -- Variation : basic concepts / Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Clayton Valli -- Discourse analysis / Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan -- Language contact in the American Deaf community / Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

pt. 1. Introduction -- pt. 2. Phonology -- pt. 3. Morphology -- part 4. Syntax -- pt. 5. Semantics -- pt. 6. Language in use -- pt. 7. Supplemental readings -- --

pt. 1. Introduction -- Defining language -- Defining linguistics -- -- pt. 2. Phonology -- Signs have parts -- The Stokoe system -- The concept of sequentiality in the description of signs -- The Liddell and Johnson Movement-Hold Model -- Phonological processes -- Summary -- -- pt. 3. Morphology -- Building new signs -- Deriving nouns from verbs -- Compounds -- Fingerspelling -- Numeral incorporation -- -- part 4. Syntax -- Introduction -- Basic sentence types -- Lexical categories -- Word order -- Time and aspect -- Verbs -- The function of space -- -- pt. 5. Semantics -- The meaning of individual signs -- The meaning of sentences -- -- pt. 6. Language in use -- Variation and historical change -- ASL discourse -- Bilingualism and language contact -- Language as art -- -- pt. 7. Supplemental readings -- Analyzing signs / Robbin Battison -- Signs have parts : a simple idea / Robbin Battison -- Introduction to A dictionary of American Sign Language / William C. Stokoe, Dorothy C. Casterline, and Carl G. Croneberg -- American Sign Language : the phonological base / Scott K. Liddell and Robert E. Johnson -- The confluence of space and language in signed languages / Karen Emmorey -- Indicating verbs and pronouns : pointing away from agreement / Scott K. Liddell -- Body partitioning and real-space blends / Paul G. Dudis -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / Edward Finegan and Niko Besnier -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / William O'Grady -- Semantics : the analysis of meaning / William O'Grady -- Analyzing variation in sign languages : theoretical and methodological issues / Rob Hoopes, Mary Rose, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, Alyssa Wulf, Karen Petronio, and Steven Collins -- Variation in American Sign Language / Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley -- Variation : basic concepts / Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Clayton Valli -- Discourse analysis / Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan -- Language contact in the American Deaf community / Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli.

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