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Person and Number

Author : Raquel Veiga Busto
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110989190
Total Pages : 317 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Person and Number by : Raquel Veiga Busto

Download or read book Person and Number written by Raquel Veiga Busto and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-07-04 with total page 317 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Person and number are two basic grammatical categories. However, they have not yet been exhaustively documented in many sign languages. This volume presents a thorough description of the form and interpretation of person and number in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) personal pronouns. This is the first book exploring together the two categories (and their interaction) in a sign language. Building on a combination of elicitation methods and corpus data analysis, this book shows that person and number are encoded through a set of distinctive phonological features: person is formally marked through spatial features, and number by the path specifications of the sign. Additionally, this study provides evidence that the same number marker might have a different semantic import depending on the person features with which it is combined. Results of this investigation contribute fresh data to cross-linguistic studies on person and number, which are largely based on evidence from spoken language only. Furthermore, while this research identifies a number of significant differences with respect to prior descriptions of person and number in other sign languages, it also demonstrates that, from a typological standpoint, the array of distinctions that LSC draws within each category is not exceptional.

The American Sign Language Handshape Starter

Author : Richard A. Tennant
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781563681301
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (813 download)

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Book Synopsis The American Sign Language Handshape Starter by : Richard A. Tennant

Download or read book The American Sign Language Handshape Starter written by Richard A. Tennant and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Beginning signers can now improve their recognition of the most commonly used signs with this easy-to-follow handbook. Illustrates 800 common signs organized by topics including food, travel, family, sports and more. 800 illustrations.

The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary

Author : Richard A. Tennant
Publisher : Gallaudet University Press
ISBN 13 : 9781563680434
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary by : Richard A. Tennant

Download or read book The American Sign Language Handshape Dictionary written by Richard A. Tennant and published by Gallaudet University Press. This book was released on 1998 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Organizes 1,600-plus ASL signs by 40 basic hand shapes rather than in alphabetical word order. This format allows users to search for a sign that they recognize but whose meaning they have forgotten or for the meaning of a new sign they have seen for the first time. The entries include descriptions of how to form each sign to represent the varying terms they might mean. Index of English glosses only. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language

Author : Scott K. Liddell
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521016506
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (165 download)

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Book Synopsis Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language by : Scott K. Liddell

Download or read book Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language written by Scott K. Liddell and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2003-03-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sample Text

Clusivity

Author : Elena Filimonova
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027293880
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Clusivity written by Elena Filimonova and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2005-11-30 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents a collection of papers on clusivity, a newly coined term for the inclusive–exclusive distinction. Clusivity is a widespread feature familiar from descriptive grammars and frequently figuring in typological schemes and diachronic scenarios. However, no comprehensive exploration of it has been available so far. This book is intended to make the first step towards a better understanding of the inclusive–exclusive opposition, by documenting the current linguistic knowledge on the topic. The issues discussed include the categorial and paradigmatic status of the opposition, its geographical distribution, realization in free vs bound pronouns, inclusive imperatives, clusivity in the 2nd person, honorific uses of the distinction, etc. These case studies are complemented by the analysis of the opposition in American Sign Language as opposed to spoken languages. In-depth areal and family surveys of clusivity consider this opposition in Austronesian, Tibeto-Burman, central-western South American, Turkic languages, and in Mosetenan and Shuswap.

Have You Ever Seen--?

Author : Adonia K. Smith
Publisher : Aslrose
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Have You Ever Seen--? written by Adonia K. Smith and published by Aslrose. This book was released on 2005 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Forty-four of the most commonly used handshapes in ASL are illustrated and demonstrated by native ASL users who present the handshape then sign the entire content of the accompanying book, providing information about the Deaf community, its culture and it language.

Signing For Dummies, with Video CD

Author : Adan R. Penilla, II
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118117581
Total Pages : 386 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (181 download)

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Book Synopsis Signing For Dummies, with Video CD by : Adan R. Penilla, II

Download or read book Signing For Dummies, with Video CD written by Adan R. Penilla, II and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2012-06-05 with total page 386 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Bonus video CD includes actual conversations, demonstrations by ASL signers, and reinforced lessons from the book"--P. [4] of cover.

Deaf World

Author : Lois Bragg
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814798527
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)

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Book Synopsis Deaf World by : Lois Bragg

Download or read book Deaf World written by Lois Bragg and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2001-02 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Bragg (English, Gallaudet U.) has collected a selection of sources including political writings and personal memoirs covering topics such as eugenics, speech and lip-reading, the right to work, and the controversy over separation or integration. This book offers a glimpse into an often overlooked but significant minority in American culture, and one which many of the articles asserts is more like an internal colony than simply a minority group. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR

Baby Sign Language Basics

Author : Monta Z. Briant
Publisher : Hay House, Inc
ISBN 13 : 1401954812
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book Baby Sign Language Basics written by Monta Z. Briant and published by Hay House, Inc. This book was released on 2018-06-26 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this newly expanded edition, a renowned baby-signing expert provides more than 300 American Sign Language (ASL) signs, illustrated with the same clear, easy-to-understand photos and descriptions. Since 2004, Baby Sign Language Basics has introduced hundreds of thousands of parents and caregivers around the globe to the miracle of signing with their babies—and left them wanting more! Baby-specific signing techniques, songs, and games are also included to make learning fun and to quickly open up two-way communication. Parents will meet real signing families and learn how to make sign language a part of their everyday interactions with their children. Also included is a video signing dictionary featuring all the signs from the book. Just point and click, and see the sign you want to learn come alive! This is a must-have for all parents, grandparents, and anyone else who spends time with preverbal children. After all, what parent or caregiver doesn’t want to know what their baby is trying to tell them? Now includes streaming video, additional tips, advice, and updated resources!

Let Darkness Bury the Dead

Author : Maureen Jennings
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771050585
Total Pages : 354 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Book Synopsis Let Darkness Bury the Dead by : Maureen Jennings

Download or read book Let Darkness Bury the Dead written by Maureen Jennings and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2017-11-07 with total page 354 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Canada's premier author of historical mystery fiction returns with a brand new and highly anticipated Murdoch Mystery, with an older and wiser Detective Murdoch. It is November 1917. The Great War is grinding on, chewing up young men by the thousands. Initially, in the loyal Dominion of Canada, people are mostly eager to support the Motherland and fight for the Empire. Men perceived as slackers or cowards are shunned. But the carnage is horrendous and with enforced conscription, the enthusiasm for war is dimming. William Murdoch is a widower, a senior detective who, thanks to the new temperance laws, spends his time tracking down bootleggers and tipplers; most unsatisfying. His wife, Amy, died giving birth to their second child, a girl who lived only a few hours more. Murdoch, racked by grief, withdrew from four-year-old, Jack. This he regrets and would dearly love to make up for his negligence. As we enter the story, Jack, now twenty-one, has returned from France after being wounded and gassed at the Battle of Passchendaele. It is soon apparent that he is deeply troubled but he's not confiding in his father. He does, however, seem to be bound by shared secrets to another wounded former soldier, Percy McKinnon. Murdoch suddenly has much more serious crimes than rum-running on his hands. The night after Jack and McKinnon arrive home, a young man is found stabbed to death in the impoverished area of Toronto known as the Ward. Soon after, Murdoch has to deal with a tragic suicide, also a young man. Two more murders follow in quick succession. The only common denominator is that all of the men were exempted from conscription. Increasingly worried that Jack knows more than he is letting on, Murdoch must solve these crimes before more innocents lose their lives. It is a solution that will give him only sorrow.

Except the Dying

Author : Maureen Jennings
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 0771000502
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (71 download)

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Download or read book Except the Dying written by Maureen Jennings and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2022-01-18 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The novel that sparked the hugely popular Murdoch Mysteries television series celebrates its 25th anniversary. Includes a new introduction and a previously unpublished short story featuring the young Detective Murdoch. In the cold Toronto winter of 1895, the unclad body of a young woman is found naked and frozen in a quiet laneway. Acting Detective William Murdoch, driven by pity for the girl and the desire to secure his promotion, is determined to pursue every lead and reveal the truth. Although influential people pressure the police to solve the mystery quickly, when the girl is eventually identified, it becomes clear that those connected with her life have secrets to hide. Murdoch must use every detective skill he possesses as well as his understanding of human nature as he pursues the mystery through both brothels and drawing rooms, desperate to untangle the case before more lives are lost.

Current Issues in ASL Phonology

Author : Geoffrey R. Coulter
Publisher : Academic Press
ISBN 13 : 1483217574
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (832 download)

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Download or read book Current Issues in ASL Phonology written by Geoffrey R. Coulter and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2014-05-10 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Phonetics and Phonology, Volume 3: Current Issues in ASL Phonology deals with theoretical issues in the phonology of ASL (American Sign Language), the signed language of the American Deaf. These issues range from the overall architecture of phonological theory to particular proposals such as the nature of syllables and the reality of underlying "dynamic" or "contour" elements. The seemingly universal preference, CV (consonant-vowel) as opposed to VC (vowel-consonant) syllable structure, is also discussed. Comprised of 14 chapters, this volume begins with some general background on ASL and on the community in which it is used. It then looks at secondary licensing and the nature of constraints on the non-dominant hand in ASL; underspecification in ASL handshape contours; and the nature of ASL and the development of ASL linguistics. The applicability of the notion of "phonology" to a signed language and the sort of questions that can be explored about the parallelisms between signed and spoken linguistic systems are also considered. Later chapters focus on the linearization of phonological tiers in ASL; phonological segmentation in sign and speech; two models of segmentation in ASL; and sonority and syllable structure in ASL. The book also examines phrase-level prosody in ASL before concluding with an analysis of linguistic expression and its relation to modality. This monograph will appeal to phonologists who work on both signed and spoken languages, and to other cognitive scientists interested in the nature of abstract articulatory representations in human language.

Signed Language and Gesture Research in Cognitive Linguistics

Author : Terry Janzen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110703890
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Book Synopsis Signed Language and Gesture Research in Cognitive Linguistics by : Terry Janzen

Download or read book Signed Language and Gesture Research in Cognitive Linguistics written by Terry Janzen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2023-07-24 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume represents the first time that researchers on signed language and gesture have come together with a coherent focus under the framework of cognitive linguistics. The pioneering work of Sherman Wilcox is highlighted throughout, scaffolding much of the research of these contributors. The five sections of the volume reflect critical areas of Dr. Wilcox’s own research in cognitive linguistics: Guiding research principles in signed language, gesture, and cognitive linguistics; iconicity across signed and spoken linguistics; multimodality; blending, depiction and metaphor in signed languages; and specific grammatical constructions as form-meaning pairings. The authors of this volume exemplify and continue Dr. Wilcox’s work of bridging signed and spoken language disciplines by contributing chapters that represent a multiplicity of perspectives on signed, spoken, and gesture data. This volume presents a unified collection of cognitive linguistics research by leading authors that will be of interest to readers in the fields of signed and spoken language linguistics, gesture studies, and general linguistics.

The Art of Language Invention

Author : David J. Peterson
Publisher : Penguin Books
ISBN 13 : 0143126466
Total Pages : 306 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (431 download)

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Download or read book The Art of Language Invention written by David J. Peterson and published by Penguin Books. This book was released on 2015-09-29 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From language creator David J. Peterson comes a creative gui de to language constructio, offering an overview of language creation, covering its history from Tolkien's creations and Klingon to today's thriving global community of conlangers. He provides the essential tools necessary for inventing and evolving new languages, using examples from a variety of languages including his own creations.

Cognitive Neuroscience of Language

Author : David Kemmerer
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1317653157
Total Pages : 1303 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Cognitive Neuroscience of Language written by David Kemmerer and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2014-11-20 with total page 1303 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Language is one of our most precious and uniquely human capacities, so it is not surprising that research on its neural substrates has been advancing quite rapidly in recent years. Until now, however, there has not been a single introductory textbook that focuses specifically on this topic. Cognitive Neuroscience of Language fills that gap by providing an up-to-date, wide-ranging, and pedagogically practical survey of the most important developments in the field. It guides students through all of the major areas of investigation, beginning with fundamental aspects of brain structure and function, and then proceeding to cover aphasia syndromes, the perception and production of speech, the processing of language in written and signed modalities, the meanings of words, and the formulation and comprehension of complex expressions, including grammatically inflected words, complete sentences, and entire stories. Drawing heavily on prominent theoretical models, the core chapters illustrate how such frameworks are supported, and sometimes challenged, by experiments employing diverse brain mapping techniques. Although much of the content is inherently challenging and intended primarily for graduate or upper-level undergraduate students, it requires no previous knowledge of either neuroscience or linguistics, defining technical terms and explaining important principles from both disciplines along the way.

Professional Experience and the Investigative Imagination

Author : Alyson Buck
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134645996
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (346 download)

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Download or read book Professional Experience and the Investigative Imagination written by Alyson Buck and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-03-07 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explains and demonstrates how creative writing can be used successfully in the context of professional education where traditionally a more distanced approach to reporting on professional experience has been favoured. It is based on many practical examples, drawn from several years' experience of running courses for social workers, nurses, teachers, managers and higher education staff, in which participants explore their professional practice through imaginative forms of writing. The participants experience of the work is presented through a discussion of interviews and evaluative documents. The book includes a set of distance-learning materials for those wishing to undertake such work for themselves or to establish similar courses, as well as a full analysis of the link between professional reflection and the artistic imagination. The book makes available a new and more broadly-based approach to the process of professional reflection, and the concept of the patchwork text has general relevance for debates about increasing access to higher education qualifications.

Language Acquisition By Eye

Author : Charlene Chamberlain
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1135679150
Total Pages : 302 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (356 download)

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Download or read book Language Acquisition By Eye written by Charlene Chamberlain and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book focuses on the early acquisition of signed languages and the later development of reading by children who use signed languages. It represents the first collection of research papers focused solely on the acquisition of various signed languages by very young children--all of whom are acquiring signed languages natively, from deaf parents. It is also the first collection to investigate the possible relationships between the acquisition of signed language and reading development in school-aged children. The underlying questions addressed by the chapters are how visual-gestural languages develop and whether and how visual languages can serve the foundation for learning a second visual representation of language, namely, reading. Language Acquisition by Eye is divided into two parts, anchored in the toddler phase and the school-pupil phase. The central focus of Part I is on the earliest stages of signed language acquisition. The chapters in this part address important questions as to what "babytalk" looks like in signed language and the effect it has on babies' attention, what early babbling looks like in signed language, what babies' earliest signs look like, how parents talk to their babies in signed language to ensure that their babies "see" what's being said, and what the earliest sentences in signed languages tell us about the acquisition of grammar. With contrasting research paradigms, these chapters all show the degree to which parents and babies are highly sensitive to one another's communicative interactions in subtle and complex ways. Such observations cannot be made for spoken language acquisition because speech does not require that the parent and child look at each other during communication whereas signed language does. Part II focuses on the relationship between signed language acquisition and reading development in children who are deaf. All of these chapters report original research that investigates and uncovers a positive relationship between the acquisition and knowledge of signed language and the development of reading skills and as a result, represents a historical first in reading research. This section discusses how current theory applies to the case of deaf children's reading and presents new data that illuminates reading theory. Using a variety of research paradigms, each chapter finds a positive rather than a negative correlation between signed language knowledge and usage, and the development of reading skill. These chapters are sure to provide the foundation for new directions in reading research.