E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten
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ISBN: 978-1-61451-068-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
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Institutional Libraries and Researchers of Sign Languages
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Introduction: Phonetics, Phonology, Iconicity and Innateness;7
2;Part I. Observation;23
2.1;Marked Hand Configurations in Asian Sign Languages;25
2.2;The phonetics and phonology of the TID (Turkish Sign Language) bimanual alphabet;49
2.3;Child-directed signing as a linguistic register;71
3;Part II. Experiment;91
3.1;Sign language comprehension: Insights from misperceptions of different phonological parameters;93
3.2;Lexical and Articulatory Influences on Phonological Processing in Taiwan Sign Language;113
3.3;When does a system become phonological? Potential sources of handshape contrast in sign languages;131
3.4;A phonological awareness test for deaf children using Brazilian Sign Language;157
3.5;Phonological category resolution in a new Sign Language: A comparative study of handshapes;183
3.6;American Sign Language Tone and Intonation: A Phonetic Analysis of Eyebrow Properties;209
4;Part III. Theory;233
4.1;Are dynamic features required in signs?;235
4.2;A constraint-based account of distributional differences in handshapes;267
4.3;ASL Movement Phonemes and Allophones;291
4.4;Movement types, Repetition, and Feature Organization in Hong Kong Sign Language;321
5;Language index;345
6;Subject index;347