Sign Languages - Structures and Contexts

List of contents

List of Figures
List of Tables
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction
Chapter 2: Phonology
Chapter 3: Morphology
Chapter 4: Syntax
Chapter 5: Children with input from birth
Chapter 6: Contexts of later language development
Chapter 7: Homesign systems
Chapter 8: Variation
Chapter 9: Language Attitudes
Chapter 10: Language Policy and Planning
Chapter 11: Conclusion
Index

About the author

Joseph C. Hill is Assistant Professor in the Department of American Sign Language and Interpreting Education at the National Technical Institutes for the Deaf in Rochester Institute of Technology, USA.
Diane C. Lillo-Martin is Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor of Linguistics at the University of Connecticut and a Senior Research Scientist at Haskins Laboratories, USA.
Sandra K. Wood is Assistant Professor of Linguistics and ASL Program Coordinator at the University of Southern Maine, USA.

Summary

Sign Languages: Structures and Contexts provides a succinct summary of major findings in the linguistic study of natural sign languages. Offering an engaging and accessible introduction to sign languages, this book is essential reading for students studying this topic for the first time with little or no background in linguistics.

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"By uniting the linguistic, psycholinguistic, and sociolinguistic sides of language study, the authors succeed in offering an impressively comprehensive - yet concise - overview of the study of sign languages, and American Sign Language in particular. Lucidly written, full of illustrative examples, and complemented by well-selected discussion questions, the　text is a perfect read for everyone interested in the basics of sign language linguistics."
Roland Pfau, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Product details

• Authors: Joseph Hill, Joseph C. Hill, Joseph C. Lillo-Martin Hill, Joseph Lillo-Martin Hill, Diane Lillo-Martin, Diane C. Lillo-Martin, Diane C. (University of Connecticut Lillo-Martin, Sandra Wood, Sandra K. Wood, Sandra K. (McDaniel College Wood, Wood Sandra K.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.01.2019
• EAN: 9781138089167
• ISBN: 978-1-138-08916-7
• No. of pages: 216
• Series: Routledge Guides to Linguistics; Routledge Guides to Linguistics
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Audiology & otology, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication, Audiology and otology