Sign Language Phonology

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.

Sommario

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.

Info autore

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).

Riassunto

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.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Diane Brentari, Diane (University of Chicago) Brentari, Brentari Diane
• Editore: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 30.06.2022
• EAN: 9781107534094
• ISBN: 978-1-107-53409-4
• Pagine: 351
• Serie: Key Topics in Phonology
• Categorie: Scienze umane, arte, musica > Scienze linguistiche e letterarie > Altre lingue / altre letterature; 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