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Sign Language Acquisition

Author : Anne Baker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 182 pages
File Size : 48,98 MB
Release : 2009-01-14
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 902728959X

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How children acquire a sign language and the stages of sign language development are extremely important topics in sign linguistics and deaf education, with studies in this field enabling assessment of an individual child’s communicative skills in comparison to others. In order to do research in this area it is important to use the right methodological tools. The contributions to this volume address issues covering the basics of doing sign acquisition research, the use of assessment tools, problems of transcription, analyzing narratives and carrying out interaction studies. It serves as an ideal reference source for any researcher or student of sign languages who is planning to do such work. This volume was originally published as a Special Issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 8:1/2 (2005)

Variation in the Input

Author : Merete Anderssen
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 280 pages
File Size : 29,45 MB
Release : 2010-09-22
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9048192072

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The topic of variation in language has received considerable attention in the field of general linguistics in recent years. This includes research on linguistic micro-variation that is dependent on fine distinctions in syntax and information structure. However, relatively little work has been done on how this variation is acquired. This book focuses on how different types of variation are expressed in the input and how this is acquired by young children. The collection of papers includes studies of the acquisition of variation in a number of different languages, including English, German, Greek, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Swiss German, Ukrainian, and American Sign Language. Different kinds of linguistic variation are considered, ranging from pure word order variation to optionally doubly filled COMPs and the resolution of scopal ambiguities. In addition, papers in the volume deal with the extreme case of variation found in bilingual acquisition.

Visible Variation

Author : Pamela M. Perniss
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 414 pages
File Size : 30,99 MB
Release : 2008-09-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 3110198851

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It has been argued that properties of the visual-gestural modality impose a homogenizing effect on sign languages, leading to less structural variation in sign language structure as compared to spoken language structure. However, until recently, research on sign languages was limited to a number of (Western) sign languages. Before we can truly answer the question of whether modality effects do indeed cause less structural variation, it is necessary to investigate the similarities and differences that exist between sign languages in more detail and, especially, to include in this investigation less studied sign languages. The current research climate is testimony to a surge of interest in the study of a geographically more diverse range of sign languages. The volume reflects that climate and brings together work by scholars engaging in comparative sign linguistics research. The 11 articles discuss data from many different signed and spoken languages and cover a wide range of topics from different areas of grammar including phonology (word pictures), morphology (pronouns, negation, and auxiliaries), syntax (word order, interrogative clauses, auxiliaries, negation, and referential shift) and pragmatics (modal meaning and referential shift). In addition to this, the contributions address psycholinguistic issues, aspects of language change, and issues concerning data collection in sign languages, thereby providing methodological guidelines for further research. Although some papers use a specific theoretical framework for analyzing the data, the volume clearly focuses on empirical and descriptive aspects of sign language variation.

Interaction of Morphology and Syntax in American Sign Language

Author : Carol A. Padden
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 32,69 MB
Release : 2016-11-25
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 1315449668

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This study, first published in 1988, examines cases of interaction of morphology and syntax in American Sign Language and proposes that clause structure and syntactic phenomena are not defined in terms of verb agreement or sign order, but in terms of grammatical relations. Using the framework of relational grammar developed by Perlmutter and Postal in which grammatical relations such as "subject", "direct object", etc. are taken as primitives of linguistic theory, facts about syntactic phenomena, including verb agreement and sign order are accounted for in a general way. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics.

The Syntax of American Sign Language

Author : Carol Jan Neidle
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 29,55 MB
Release : 2000
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780262140676

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Recent research on the syntax of signed language has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement and wh-constructions.

Directions in Sign Language Acquisition

Author : Gary Morgan
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 17,44 MB
Release : 2002-01-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9789027234728

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This is the second volume in the series 'Trends in language acquisition research'. The unusual combination in one volume of reports on various different sign languages in acquisition makes this book quite unique.

Eastward Flows the Great River

Author : Gang PENG
Publisher : City University of HK Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 36,76 MB
Release : 2013-08-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9629372169

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This Festschrift shows the achievements of modern linguistics, reflecting Professor Wang's academic philosophy. It is not only a great reference for seasoned language researchers; it can also help broaden knowledge in Chinese linguistics for students interested in languages. Readers who wish to know Chinese culture will also expand their understanding of it through these studies of the languages in China. Published by City University of Hong Kong Press. 香港城市大學出版社出版。

Deaf Around the World

Author : Gaurav Mathur
Publisher : OUP USA
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 49,84 MB
Release : 2011-01-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 019973254X

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The articles in Deaf around the World offer an introduction to deaf studies and the study of signed languages.