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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.
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Details
- 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."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Language, speech, and communication
- Uniform Title
- Language, speech, and communication
- Alternative Title
- Sign language phonology
- Subject
- Sign language
- American Sign Language
- Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology
- Sign Language
- phonology
- 18.97 sign languages
- American Sign Language
- Grammar, Comparative and general > Phonology
- Sign language
- Phonologie
- Zeichensprache
- Gebärdensprache
- Prosodie
- Gebarentaal
- Fonologie
- Prosodie (taalkunde)
- Linguagem gestual > Estados unidos
- Fonética
- Langage par signes
- Langue des signes
- Phonologie
- Grammaire comparée et générale
- Note
- "A Bradford Book."
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [335]-351) and indexes.
- Contents
- Preface -- Notational Conventions and Abbreviations -- 1. Goals of the Model -- 2. The Use of Constraint-Based Frameworks and Prosodic Units in Analyses of Sign Languages -- 3. Inherent Features -- 4. Prosodic Features -- 5. Timing Units -- 6. Complexity, Sonority, and Weight in ASL Syllables -- 7. The Structure of Two-Handed Signs -- 8. Contributions of Sign Language Phonology to Phonological Theory and Cognitive Science -- Appendices -- A. The Letters of the ASL Manual Alphabet Labeled [Flexed] or Nonflexed -- B. Verb Forms That Do and Do Not Allow the [Delayed Completive] Aspect -- C. Forms That Undergo Reduplicative Nominalization -- D. Descriptive Categories of Two-Handed Signs According to Their Ability to Undergo Weak Drop -- Notes -- References -- Index of Illustrated Signs -- General Index.
- ISBN
- 0262024454
- 9780262024457
- 0585078467
- 9780585078465
- LCCN
- 97050053
- OCLC
- ocm38043083
- 38043083
- SCSB-570410
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library