Primary Movement in Sign Languages - A Study of Six Languages

Informationen zum Autor Donna Jo Napoli is Professor of Linguistics, Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA. Mark Mai , a student at the Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, received his BA in linguistics at Swarthmore College. Nicholas Gaw , a political professional in Washington, DC, received his BA in history and linguistics at Swarthmore College. Klappentext In this study! the authors describe how they created a new way to categorize sign languages by direction of movement! thereby establishing the relationship between six distinct sign languages without depending on grammar. Zusammenfassung In this study! the authors describe how they created a new way to categorize sign languages by direction of movement! thereby establishing the relationship between six distinct sign languages without depending on grammar.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Gaw, Mark Mai, Donna Jo Napoli, Donna Jo/ Gaw Napoli
• Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9781563684913
• ISBN: 978-1-56368-491-3
• No. of pages: 232
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; Language Arts / Linguistics / Literacy, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language