1st Edition
International Review of Sign Linguistics Volume 1
276 Pages
by
Psychology Press
276 Pages
by
Psychology Press
276 Pages
by
Psychology Press
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The International Review of Sign Linguistics -- which replaces the International Journal of Sign Linguistics -- is planned as an annual series publishing the most up-to-date scholarly work in all aspects of sign language linguistics. There is no other comparable publication. The international community of sign linguists needs an authoritative outlet for its research findings. IRSL provides... Read more
Contents: S.D. Fischer, By the Numbers: Language-Internal Evidence for Creolization. H. Ebbinghaus, J. Hessmann, Signs & Words: Accounting for Spoken Elements in German Sign Language. T. Johnston, Function and Medium in the Forms of Linguistic Expression Found in a Sign Language. A. Stavans, One, Two or More: The Expression of Number in Israeli Sign Language. W. Sandler, Representing Handshapes. C.T. Boster, On the Quantifier-Noun Phrase Split in American Sign Language and the Structure of Quantified Noun Phrases. R.B. Wilbur, Evidence for the Function and Structure of Wh-Clefts in American Sound Language.
Biography
William Edmondson, Ronnie B. Wilbur
"This is a much needed complement to the large body of research on American Sign Language (ASL). The chapters provide a reare opportunity to read about several lesser-researched sign languages, but also to explore similarities and differences among sign languages, and between signed and spoken languages."
—Journal of Linguistics"...all the sign linguistics enthusiasts will welcome the first volume of the latest publication International Review of Sign Linguistics with delight."
—The Phonetician
