Screen LibraryThe use of signing space in a shared sign language of Australia /
In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main in...
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De Gruyter Mouton,
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| Publisher Address: | Berlin/Boston : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2014] ©2014 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Sign language typology [slt];
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| Summary: |
In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main interest is the manifestation of signing space - the articulatory space surrounding the signers - for grammatical purposes in Yolngu Sign Language. |
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1 online resource(xxiv,279pages) : illustrations. Also available in print edition. |
| ISBN: | 9781614515470 |
| Index Number: | HV2474 |
| CLC: | H026.3 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Sign language acronyms -- Glossary -- Notational conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sign language types -- Chapter 3. Cultural and sociolinguistic context -- Chapter 4. Data collection -- Chapter 5. Phonological aspects -- Chapter 6. Syntactic aspects -- Chapter 7. The size of signing space -- Chapter 8. Pronominal reference -- Chapter 9. Verb directionality -- Chapter 10. Expression of motion -- Chapter 11. Expression of size and shape -- Chapter 12. YSL in cross-linguistic perspective -- Chapter 13. Concluding remarks -- Appendix I: List of YSL handshapes -- Appendix II: Figures -- Appendix III: Data -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Curriculum vitae. |