Diglossia and British Sign Language

Diglossia and British Sign Language

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  • Author: Margaret Deuchar
  • Publisher:
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  • Category : Deaf
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 382


British Sign Language

British Sign Language

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  • Author: Margaret Deuchar
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 113618824X
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 248

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 studied by linguists, and compares the two languages.


The Linguistics of British Sign Language

The Linguistics of British Sign Language

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  • Author: Rachel Sutton-Spence
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 1107494095
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 350

This is the first detailed explanation of the way British Sign Language works and is the product of many years' experience of research and teaching sign linguistics to deaf and hearing people. It assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics or sign language, and is not structured around traditional headings such as phonology, morphology and syntax. Instead it is set out in such a way as to help learners and their teachers understand the linguistic principles behind the language. There are sections on BSL grammar and also on the use of BSL, including social acceptability in signing, variation, and poetry and humour in BSL. Technical terms and linguistic jargon are kept to a minimum, and the text contains many examples from English, BSL, and other spoken and sign languages. The book is amply illustrated and contains exercises, as well as a reading list for further study. An accompanying 90-minute DVD is available from Talk With Sign Books. To find out more, visit http://www.talkwithsign.com/linguistics-british-sign-language-p-741.html.


British Sign Language

British Sign Language

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  • Author: Margaret Deuchar
  • Publisher: Routledge
  • ISBN: 1136188312
  • Category : Foreign Language Study
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 259

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 studied by linguists, and compares the two languages.


Diglossia in British Sign Language

Diglossia in British Sign Language

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  • Author: Margaret Deuchar
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  • Category : Deaf
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 170


Diglossia

Diglossia

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  • Author: Mauro Fernández
  • Publisher: John Benjamins Publishing
  • ISBN: 9027237492
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 525

Today, the notion of 'diglossia' occupies a prominent place in sociolinguistic research. Since the 1960s, when the dominant sense of 'diglossia' was the complementary sociofunctional distribution of two varieties of the same language, the term has been applied -- often controversially -- to a growing number of diverse sociolinguistic situations. As a consequence of this extension of the scope of the concept, in combination with an increasing interest in the relationship between the role of language and the social structure, the number of publications in this field has risen exponentially over the last decades. However, despite the growing importance of the notion, up till now there was no adequate bibliography devoted to diglossia, while coverage in other bibliographies does not do justice to the number of works actually published in this area. This first comprehensive bibliography of the subject includes almost 3,000 entries; although the time span covered is 1960-1990, the book includes several dozens of entries from before 1960 and also a substantial number of very recent publications from the period 1990-1992. The selection of items has not been restricted to a specific definition of diglossia: all available publications in which the term (or one of its offsprings) appears have been included; moreover, when considered appropriate, some material relevant to the subject has been added even though the term is not explicitly used. The usefulness of the bibliography has been enhanced significantly by six indexes: (1) index of languages, (2) diglossia in literature, (3) historically oriented works, (4) pedagogically oriented works, (5) theoretical works, and (6) theses and dissertations.


The Linguistics of British Sign Language

The Linguistics of British Sign Language

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  • Author: Rachel Sutton-Spence
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521637183
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 326

This is the first British textbook dealing solely with sign linguistics.


Perspectives on British Sign Language and Deafness

Perspectives on British Sign Language and Deafness

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  • Author: Bencie Woll
  • Publisher: Taylor & Francis
  • ISBN: 9780709927037
  • Category : British Sign Language
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 268


Sign Language

Sign Language

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  • Author: Jim G. Kyle
  • Publisher: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9780521357173
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 332

The discovery of the importance of sign language in the deaf community is very recent indeed. This book provides a study of the communication and culture of deaf people, and particularly of the deaf community in Britain. The authors' principal aim is to inform educators, psychologists, linguists and professionals working with deaf people about the rich language the deaf have developed for themselves - a language of movement and space, of the hands and of the eyes, of abstract communication as well as iconic story telling. The first chapters of the book discuss the history of sign language use, its social aspects and the issues surrounding the language acquisition of deaf children (BSL) follows, and the authors also consider how the signs come into existence, change over time and alter their meanings, and how BSL compares and contrasts with spoken languages and other signed languages. Subsequent chapters examine sign language learning from a psychological perspective and other cognitive issues. The book concludes with a consideration of the applications of sign language research, particularly in the contentious field of education. There is still much to be discovered about sign language and the deaf community, but the authors have succeeded in providing an extensive framework on which other researchers can build, from which professionals can develop a coherent practice for their work with deaf people, and from which hearing parents of deaf children can draw the confidence to understand their children's world.


Sign Language

Sign Language

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  • Author: Roland Pfau
  • Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
  • ISBN: 3110261324
  • Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
  • Languages : en
  • Pages : 1140

Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should also be asked of spoken languages. The HSK handbook Sign Language aims to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sign language linguistics. It includes 44 chapters, written by leading researchers in the field, that address issues in language typology, sign language grammar, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and language documentation and transcription. Crucially, all topics are presented in a way that makes them accessible to linguists who are not familiar with sign language linguistics.