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Primary movement in sign languages : a study of six languages / Donna Jo Napoli, Mark Mai, Nicholas Gaw.

Title
Primary movement in sign languages : a study of six languages / Donna Jo Napoli, Mark Mai, Nicholas Gaw.
Author
Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-
Publication
Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011.

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Additional Authors
  • Gaw, Nicholas.
  • Mai, Mark.
Description
viii, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
Compares six sign languages, American, Australian, British, French, Italian, and Nicaraguan.
Uniform Title
Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  • Sign language
  • Deaf > Means of communication
  • Comparative linguistics
  • Gebarentaal
  • Taalvergelijking
  • Prosodie (taalkunde)
  • Sign Language
  • Australië
  • Italië
  • Verenigde Staten
  • Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
  • Frankrijk
  • Nicaragua
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- Gathering the data -- Analysis of signs with noncurve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Analysis of signs with curve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Unusual symmetry or other oddities in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Results from the study of ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Testing and beyond.
ISBN
  • 9781563684913 (hbk. : alk. paper)
  • 1563684918 (hbk. : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2011001091
OCLC
682895120
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library