Title Linguistics of American Sign Language : an introduction / Clayton Valli [and others]

Edition 5th ed Published Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011

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Description 1 online resource (xiv, 579 pages) : illustrations Contents DVD contents -- Preface to the fifth edition -- Introduction -- pt. 1: Introduction. Defining language -- Defining linguistics -- pt. 2: Phonology. Signs have parts -- The Stokoe system -- The concept of sequentiality in the description of signs -- The Liddell and Johnson Movement-Hold Model -- Phonological processes -- Summary -- pt. 3: Morphology. Building new signs -- Deriving nouns from verbs -- Compounds -- Fingerspelling -- Numeral incorporation -- part 4: Syntax. Introduction -- Basic sentence types -- Lexical categories -- Word order -- Time and aspect -- Verbs -- The function of space -- pt. 5: Semantics. The meaning of individual signs -- The meaning of sentences -- pt. 6: Language in use. Variation and historical change -- ASL discourse -- Bilingualism and language contact -- Language as art -- pt. 7: Supplemental readings. Analyzing signs / Robbin Battison -- File 1.1: Why study language? -- File 1.2: Course objectives -- File 1.3: "Good" language file -- 1.4: Arbitrariness in language -- Signs have parts : a simple idea / Robbin Battison -- Introduction to A dictionary of American Sign Language / William C. Stokoe, Dorothy C. Casterline, and Carl G. Croneberg -- File 3.1: What is phonetics? -- File 3.2: Representing speech sounds -- File 4.1: What is phonology? -- File 4.2: The value of sounds : phonemes -- File 4.3: Phonological rules -- American Sign Language : the phonological base / Scott K. Liddell and Robert E. Johnson -- File 5.1: Morphology : words and word formation -- File 5.3: The hierarchical structure of derived words -- File 5.4: Morphological processes -- The confluence of space and language in signed languages / Karen Emmorey -- Indicating verbs and pronouns : pointing away from agreement / Scott K. Liddell -- Body partitioning and real-space blends / Paul G. Dudis -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / Edward Finegan and Niko Besnier -- Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / William O'Grady -- Semantics : the analysis of meaning / William O'Grady -- File 10.1: Introduction to language variation -- File 10.2: Variation at different levels of linguistic structure -- File 10.3: Language and socioeconomic status -- Analyzing variation in sign languages : theoretical and methodological issues / Rob Hoopes, Mary Rose, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, Alyssa Wulf, Karen Petronio, and Steven Collins -- Variation in American Sign Language / Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley -- Variation : basic concepts / Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Clayton Valli -- Discourse analysis / Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan -- Language contact in the American Deaf community / Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli Subject American Sign Language -- Handbooks, manuals, etc American Sign Language Genre/Form Handbooks and manuals Textbooks Textbooks. Form Electronic book Author Valli, Clayton. Linguistics of American Sign Language ISBN 9781944838881 1944838880

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