Format:
1 online resource (310 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
ISBN:
9781501510045
Series Statement:
Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] Ser. v.10
Content:
Over the past decades, the field of sign language linguistics has expanded considerably. Recent research on sign languages includes a wide range of subdomains such as reference grammars, theoretical linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied studies on sign languages and Deaf communities. The SLDC series is concerned with the study of sign languages in a comprehensive way, covering various theoretical, experimental, and applied dimensions of sign language research and their relationship to Deaf communities around the world. The series provides a multidisciplinary platform for innovative and outstanding research in sign language linguistics and aims at linking the study of sign languages to current trends in modern linguistics, such as new experimental and theoretical investigations, the importance of language endangerment, the impact of technological developments on data collection and Deaf education, and the broadening geographical scope of typological sign language studies, especially in terms of research on non-Western sign languages and Deaf communities.
Content:
Intro -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgments -- Glossing conventions -- List of sign languages and their abbreviations -- Part I: Introduction -- 1. Introduction -- 2. Puzzles of information structure -- 3. Methodological issues -- Part II: Topics -- 4. Topics in sign languages -- 5. Quantitative analysis of topics in RSL and NGT -- 6. Topic prominence -- 7. Discourse topics and modality effects -- Part III: Focus -- 8. Focus in sign languages -- 9. A quantitative study of focus in RSL and NGT -- 10. Contrast -- 11. Doubling -- 12. A corpus study of question-answer pairs in NGT -- Part IV: Conclusions -- 13. Sign languages and typology of information structure -- Appendix 1. Stimuli for the study of focus in RSL and NGT -- Appendix 2. Testing reliability of coding for manual prosodic markers -- References -- Subject Index -- Notes.
Note:
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Additional Edition:
ISBN 9781501516863
Additional Edition:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe ISBN 9781501516863
Language:
English
