Sign Language Phonology

Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.

List of contents

1. Introduction: sign language vs gesture, sign language vs speech; 2. Modality effects; 3. Iconcity; 4. Interfaces; 5. The emergence of phonology; 6. Sign language phonological processing; 7. Sign language acquisition; 8. Sign language phonological variation and change.

About the author

Diane Brentari is the Mary K. Werkman Professor in the Department of Linguistics at the University of Chicago. She is author and editor of six books including Shaping Phonology (co-edited with Jackson Lee, 2018), Sign Languages (Cambridge, 2010) and Foreign Vocabulary in Sign Languages: A Cross-linguistic Investigation of Word Formation (2001).

Summary

Explores key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, and the related fields to which sign language studies has contributed, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language acquisition and language creation. It will be of interest to students and linguists working on spoken language, phonology and sign language linguistics.

Product details

• Authors: Diane Brentari, Diane (University of Chicago) Brentari, Brentari Diane
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.10.2019
• EAN: 9781107113473
• ISBN: 978-1-107-11347-3
• No. of pages: 296
• Series: Key Topics in Phonology
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > Other languages / Other literatures; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, Phonetics, phonology, Language acquisition, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication