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A prosodic model of sign language phonology

Title
A prosodic model of sign language phonology / Diane Brentari.
Author
Brentari, Diane.
Publication
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [1998], ©1998.

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Description
xviii, 376 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
Summary
  • This book is intended in part to provide linguists and cognitive scientists who do not know sign language with a point of entry into the study of sign language phonology. At the same time, it presents a comprehensive theory of American Sign Language (ASL) phonology, while reviewing and building on alternative theories.
  • The author is concerned to show both the similarities and differences between signed and spoken languages, and to indicate some directions for future work in cognitive science that can be derived from her phonological model.
Series Statement
Language, speech, and communication
Uniform Title
Language, speech, and communication.
Alternative Title
Sign language phonology
Subjects
Note
  • "A Bradford Book."
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and indexes.
Contents
Ch. 1. Goals of the Model -- Ch. 2. The Use of Constraint-Based Frameworks and Prosodic Units in Analyses of Sign Languages -- Ch. 3. Inherent Features -- Ch. 4. Prosodic Features -- Ch. 5. Timing Units -- Ch. 6. Complexity, Sonority, and Weight in ASL Syllables -- Ch. 7. The Structure of Two-Handed Signs -- Ch. 8. Contributions of Sign Language Phonology to Phonological Theory and Cognitive Science -- App. A. The Letters of the ASL Manual Alphabet Labeled [Flexed] or Nonflexed -- App. B. Verb Forms That Do and Do Not Allow the [Delayed Completive] Aspect -- App. C. Forms That Undergo Reduplicative Nominalization -- App. D. Descriptive Categories of Two-Handed Signs According to Their Ability to Undergo Weak Drop.
ISBN
0262024454
LCCN
97050053
OCLC
  • 38043083
  • ocm38043083
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries