TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brentari,Diane
TI  - A prosodic model of sign language phonology
T2  - Language, speech, and communication
SN  - 0262024454
AV  - HV2474. B44 1998
U1  - 419 
PY  - 1998///]
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - MIT Press
KW  - Sign language
KW  - American Sign Language
KW  - Grammar, Comparative and general
KW  - Phonology
N1  - "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
ER  -