How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign langua…
The Linguistics of Sign Languages -- Title page -- LCC data -- Table of contents -- Foreword -- 1. Sign languages as natural languages -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 Language in space -- 1.3 Deaf communities -- 1.4 The relationship between signed and spoken languages -- 1.5 Sign lan…
'Linguistics' is a comprehensive crosslinguistic introduction to the study of language, and is ideal for undergraduate and graduate level students without previous background in linguistics.