Understanding signed languages /
Wilkinson, Erin,
Understanding signed languages / Erin Wilkinson and Jill P. Morford. - xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Understanding language series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to signed languages -- Signed language communities -- Phonetics and phonology in signed languages -- Packaging meaning in signs and constructions in signed languages -- Signed language discourse -- Signs of changes -- Language acquisition in the visual modality -- Deaf communities are multilingual communities.
"Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world. Readers will learn about language through a unique set of signed language studies that will surprise them with the diversity of ways human languages achieve the same functional goals of communication"--
9781032164083
2023033600
Sign language.
P117 / .W55 2024
419 / W659s
Understanding signed languages / Erin Wilkinson and Jill P. Morford. - xii, 180 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. - Understanding language series .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction to signed languages -- Signed language communities -- Phonetics and phonology in signed languages -- Packaging meaning in signs and constructions in signed languages -- Signed language discourse -- Signs of changes -- Language acquisition in the visual modality -- Deaf communities are multilingual communities.
"Understanding Signed Languages provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world. Readers will learn about language through a unique set of signed language studies that will surprise them with the diversity of ways human languages achieve the same functional goals of communication"--
9781032164083
2023033600
Sign language.
P117 / .W55 2024
419 / W659s