Over 5,000 entries, alphabetically arranged, give the deaf-mute sign language for English words. Includes indexes for French, German, Italian, Japanese, Portuguese, Russian and Spanish.
A comprehensive dictionary of sign language features more than seven thousand word entries and twelve thousand illustrations.
This first linguistic study of British Sign Language is written for students of linguistics, for deaf and hearing sign language researchers, for teachers and social workers for the deaf. The author cross-refers to American Sign Language, which has usually been more extensively s…
A concise overview of key findings and ideas in sign language phonology and its contributions to related fields, including historical linguistics, morphology, prosody, language acquisition and language creation. Working on sign languages not only provides important new insights …
Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.
Surveys key findings and ideas in sign language phonology, exploring the crucial areas in phonology to which sign language studies has contributed.
Descripción del editor: "What are ethnic groups? Are deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In [this book], Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values…
"What are ethnic groups? Are deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In [this book], Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values, customs, and social or…
What are ethnic groups? Are Deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? This book brings Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies to bear as it compares the values, customs and social organization of the Dea…
"What are ethnic groups? Are deaf people who sign American Sign Language (ASL) an ethnic group? In [this book], Deaf studies, history, cultural anthropology, genetics, sociology, and disability studies are brought to bear as the authors compare the values, customs, and social or…