ENGLISH

Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages

By David Quinto-Pozos , Richard P. Meier , Kearsy Cormier

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2002
ISBN
0521803853, 9780521803854, 9780511041617
LCC
P117 .T4 2000
Google Books ID
gobzAxQ7T-sC
Open Library ID
OL3570209M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
3 MB (3568368 bytes)
Pages
500\500
Topic
Linguistics Foreign
Orientation
yes
Scanned
no
Time added
2011-04-20 14:05:05
Языки и языкознание;Жестовые языки мира

Description

Signed languages are the naturally-evolved visual-gestural languages of deaf communities. The realization that they are true languages is one of the great discoveries of the last thirty years of linguistic research. This book examines the linguistic properties of many, including detailed case studies of Hong Kong, British, Mexican and German signed languages. The contributors focus on determining the extent that linguistic structure is influenced by whether a language is signed or spoken. Their answers contribute to further understanding the organization of languages.

Similar books