TY - BOOK AU - Sutton-Spence,Rachel AU - Woll,B. TI - The linguistics of British Sign Language: an introduction SN - 052163718X AV - HV2474. S97 1999 U1 - 419 PY - 1999/// CY - Cambridge, UK, New York PB - Cambridge University Press KW - British Sign Language KW - Handbooks, manuals, etc KW - Sign language KW - Study and teaching KW - Deaf KW - Means of communication KW - Great Britain N1 - Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-281) and index; 1; Linguistics and sign linguistics --; 2; BSL in its social context --; 3; Constructing sign sentences --; 4; Questions and negation --; 5; Mouth patterns and non-manual features in BSL --; 6; Morphology and morphemes in BSL --; 7; Aspect, manner and mood --; 8; Space types and verb types in BSL --; 9; The structure of gestures and signs --; 10; Visual motivation and metaphor --; 11; The established and productive lexicons --; 12; Borrowing and naming signs --; 13; Socially unacceptable signs --; 14; Extended use of language in BSL ER -