LINGUIST List 13.2014

Wed Jul 31 2002

Books: Lang Description:Mesch,Braem,Sutton-Spence

Editor for this issue: Dina Kapetangianni <dinalinguistlist.org>

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1. Signum GmbH, Tactile Sign Language by Mesch, Johanna
2. Signum GmbH, The Hands are the Head of the Mouth. The Mouth as Articulator in Sign Languages by Boyes Braem, Penny and Rachel Sutton-Spence (eds)

NEW TITLE FROM SIGNUM VERLAG

Mesch, Johanna: Tactile Sign Language. Turn-taking and questions in 
signed conversations of deaf-blind people. PB.: 3-927731-80-3; xv, 
256 pp.; EUR 23,00. Signum Verlag.

Tactile sign language significantly differs from the visual mode of 
sign language. Based on conversation analysis of deaf-blind dyads, 
this book describes how turn-taking and interrogative sentences are 
marked in tactile sign language. Deaf-blind signers are in continuous 
contact by holding one another's hands in monologue or dialogue 
position. In tactile conversation, non-manual characteristics, the 
essential markers in visual sign languages, are effectively replaced 
by various hand movements.

For more information contact: infosignum-verlag.de or visit: 
http://www.signum-verlag.de

Contents:

Acknowledgements
Foreword to Englisch Edition
List of Figures and Tables
Introduction
1. Deaf-blindness and communication
2. Material
3. Conversing
4. Sign language and conversation positions
5. Tactile conversation regulation
6. Questions
7. Yes/no questions
8. Alternative questions
9. Wh-questions
10. Support turns
Conclusion
Bibliography
Appendices
1. Yes/no question
2. Alternative questions
3. Wh-question
4. Reported Questions and reflective questions
5. Support turns
6. Principles of transcription
Subject Index

NEW TITLE FROM SIGNUM VERLAG

Boyes Braem, Penny and Rachel Sutton-Spence (eds): The Hands are the 
Head of the Mouth . The Mouth as Articulator in Sign Languages. PB.: 
3-927731-83-8; vi, 325 pp.; EUR 27,60. Signum Verlag.

This book stems from a workshop on the use of the mouth in European 
sign languages held at the University of Leiden, in The Netherlands, 
in December 1998. It reflects several areas of particular interest 
with respect to mouth patterns in sign languages: The meaning of 
terms which is not always immediately obvious in this respect, the 
use of Notation systems for mouth patterns, the consistency of 
mouthings and mouth gestures, especially in relation to the 
methodology used as well as situational, regional and social 
variation and the linguistic biography of the informant, and the 
status of the mouth patterns that come from spoken languages.

For more information contact: infosignum-verlag.de or visit: 
http://www.signum-verlag.de

Contents:
Introduction
1. A comparison of mouth gestures and mouthings in Norwegian Sign 
Language (NSL) / Marit Vogt-Svendsen, University of Oslo
2. Mouthings and mouth gestures in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) / 
P�ivi Rain�, University of Helsinki
3. A preliminary analysis of visual mouth segments in Swedish Sign 
Language / Brita Bergman, Lars Wallin, Stockholm University
4. Mouthings and mouth gestures in British Sign Language (BSL) / 
Rachel Sutton-Spence, Linda Day, University of Bristol
5. The sign that dares to speak its name: Echo phonology in British 
Sign Language (BSL) / Bencie Woll, City University, London
6. Functions of the mouthings in the signing of Deaf early and late 
learners of Swiss German Sign Language (DSGS) / Penny Boyes Braem, 
Center for Sign Language Research, Basel
7. Sign language as multidimensional communication: Why manual 
signs, mouthings, and mouth gestures are three different things / 
Horst Ebbinghaus, West Saxony University of Applied Sciences, 
Zwickau;Jens Hessmann, University of Applied Sciences, 
Magdeburg-Stendal
8. The linguistic primacy of signs and mouth gestures over 
mouthings: Evidence from language production in German Sign Language 
(DGS) / Annette Hohenberger, Daniela Happ, University of Frankfurt
9. Multimodal representations and the linguistic status of mouthings 
in German Sign Language (DGS) / J�rg Keller, University of Hamburg
10. Linguistic gestures: Mouthing in Italian Sign Language (LIS) / 
Roberto Ajello, Laura Mazzoni, Florida Nicolai, University of Pisa
11. Mouthing in Indopakistani Sign Language (IPSL): Regularities and 
variation / Ulrike Zeshan, La Trobe University, Melbourne
12. The role of mouthings in Sign Language of the Netherlands: Some 
implications for the production of sign language dictionaries / Trude 
Schermer, Dutch Sign Language Centre, Bunnik
Subject Index
Person Index

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