Modality and structure in signed and spoken languages:

"This book provides a cross-linguistic examination of the properties of many signed languages, including detailed case studies of American, Hong Kong, British, Mexican, and German Sign Languages. The contributions to this volume, by some of the most prominent researchers in the field, focus on...

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Sprache:English
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Veröffentlicht: Cambridge [u.a.] Cambridge Univ. Press 2002
Ausgabe:1. publ.
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Zusammenfassung:"This book provides a cross-linguistic examination of the properties of many signed languages, including detailed case studies of American, Hong Kong, British, Mexican, and German Sign Languages. The contributions to this volume, by some of the most prominent researchers in the field, focus on a single question: to what extent is linguistic structure influenced by the modality of language? Their answers offer particular insights into the factors that shape the nature of language and contribute to our understanding of why languages are organized as they are."--BOOK JACKET.
Beschreibung:Selected rev. papers of a conference, one of an annual series sponsored by the Texas Linguistics Society, held Feb. 25-27, 2000, at the University of Texas at Austin. - Includes bibliographical references and index. - Erscheint: August 2002
Beschreibung:XVIII, 480 S. Ill., graph. Darst.
ISBN:0521803853