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Fri Jun 18 2010

Books: Linguistic Theories/Morphology/Syntax: Brentari (Ed)

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        1.    Daniel Davies, Sign Languages: Brentari (Ed)
Message 1: Sign Languages: Brentari (Ed)
Date: 16-Jun-2010
From: Daniel Davies <ddaviescambridge.org>
Subject: Sign Languages: Brentari (Ed)
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Title: Sign Languages Published: 2010 Publisher: Cambridge University Press
                http://us.cambridge.org

Book URL: http://www.cambridge.org/gb/knowledge/isbn/item2709806/?site_locale=en_GB

Editor: Diane Brentari Hardback: ISBN: 9780521883702 Pages: Price: U.K. £ 95.00
Hardback: ISBN: 9780521883702 Pages: Price: U.S. $ 160.00
Abstract:

What are the unique characteristics of sign languages that make them sofascinating? What have recent researchers discovered about them, and whatdo these findings tell us about human language more generally? Thisthematic and geographic overview examines more than forty sign languagesfrom around the world. It begins by investigating how sign languages havesurvived and been transmitted for generations, and then goes on to analysethe common characteristics shared by most sign languages: for example,how the use of the visual system affects grammatical structures. The finalsection describes the phenomena of language variation and change. Drawingon a wide range of examples, the book explores sign languages both old andyoung, from British, Italian, Asian and American to Israeli, Al-SayyidBedouin, African and Nicaraguan. Written in a clear, readable style, it is theessential reference for students and scholars working in sign languagestudies anddeaf studies.

'... an extremely helpful snapshot of where Sign Language research findsitself and should prove to be a route map for future research into as yetunchartered territory.' Debra Aarons, School of Language

'Diane Brentari has gathered an immense wealth of linguistic andanthropological information on signed languages around the world. Itrepresents the most up-to-date knowledge we have in this important

1. Introduction Diane Brentari;Part I. History and Transmission:2. Transmission of sign languages in northern Europe Penny Boyes Braem andChristian Rathmann;3. Transmission of sign languages in Latin America Claire Ramsey and DavidQuinto-Pozos;4. Transmission of sign languages in the Nordic countries Brita Bergman andElisabeth Engberg Pedersen;5. Transmission of sign languages in Mediterranean Europe Josep Quer,Galini Sapountzaki and Laura Mazzoni;6. Transmission of sign languages in Africa Dorothy Lule and Lars Wallin;7. Transmission of Polish sign systems Piotr Wojda;

Part II. Shared Crosslinguistic Characteristics:8. Notation systems Harry van der Hulst and Rachel Channon;9. Verb agreement in sign language morphology Gaurav Mathur and ChristianRathmann;10. Functional markers in sign languages Sandro Zucchi, Carol Neidle, CarloGeraci, Quinn Duffy and Carlo Cecchetto;11. Clause structure Ronice Müller de Quadros and Diane Lillo-Martin;12. Factors that form classifier signs Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen;13. Handshape contrasts in sign language phonology Diane Brentari and PetraEccarius;14. Syllable structure in sign language phonology Tommi Jantunen and RitvaTakkinen;15. Grammaticalization in sign languages Sherman Wilcox, Paolo Rossini andElena Pizzuto;16. The semantics-phonology interface Ronnie Wilbur;17. Nonmanuals: their prosodic and grammatical roles Roland Pfau and JosepQuer;

Part III. Variation and Change:18. Sign language varieties in West Africa Victoria Nyst;19. Sign languages in the Arab world Kinda Al-Fityani and Carol Padden;20. Variation in American sign language Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley;21. Sociolinguistic variation in British, Australian, and New Zealand signlanguage Adam Schembri, Kearsy Cormier, Trevor Johnston, David McKee,Rachel McKee and Bencie Woll;22. Variation in East Asian sign language structures Susan Fischer andQunhu Gong;23. Crosslinguistic variation in prosodic cues Gladys Tang, Diane Brentari,Carolina González and Felix Sze;24. Deixis in an emerging sign language Marie Coppola and Anne Senghas;25. The grammar of space in two new sign languages Carol Padden, Irit Meir,Mark Aronoff and Wendy Sandler.


Linguistic Field(s): Anthropological Linguistics                             Linguistic Theories                             Morphology                             Sociolinguistics                             Syntax Language Family(ies): Sign Language
Written In: English (eng )

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