{"product_id":"modality-and-structure-in-signed-and-spoken-languages-hardback-9780521803854","title":"Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages (Hardback) 9780521803854","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eModality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eSigned languages are the visual-gestural languages of deaf communities. This book investigates their linguistic properties.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRichard P. Meier (Edited by), Kearsy Cormier (Edited by), David Quinto-Pozos (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521803854, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 24 October 2002\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e500 pages, 23 tables\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 3.2 cm, 0.9 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'For those researchers willing to ask the modality question, this volume will be an excellent resource.' First Language\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThe realisation that signed languages are true languages is one of the great discoveries of linguistic research. The work of many sign language researchers has revealed deep similarities between signed and spoken languages in their structure, acquisition and processing, as well as differences, arising from the differing articulatory and perceptual constraints under which signed languages are used and learned. This book provides a cross-linguistic examination of the properties of many signed languages, including detailed case studies of Hong Kong, British, Mexican and German sign languages. The contributions to this volume, by some of the most prominent researchers in the field, focus on a single question: to what extent is linguistic structure influenced by the modality of language? Their answers offer particular insights into the factors that shape the nature of language and contribute to our understanding of why languages are organised as they are.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Why different, why the same? Explaining effects and non-effects of modality upon linguistic structure in sign and speech Richard P. Meier\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Phonological Structure in Signed Languages: 2. Modality differences in sign language phonology and morphophonemics Diane Brentari\u003cbr\u003e 3. Beads on a string? Representations of repetition in spoken and signed languages Rachel Channon\u003cbr\u003e 4. Psycholinguistic investigations of phonological structure in American Sign Language David P. Corina and Ursula C. Hildebrandt\u003cbr\u003e 5. Modality-dependent aspects of sign language production: evidence from slips of the hands and their repairs in German Sign Language Annette Hohenberger, Daniela Happ and Helen Leuninger\u003cbr\u003e 6. The role of manually coded English in language development of deaf children Samuel J. Supalla and Cecile McKee\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Gesture and Iconicity in Sign and Speech: 7. A modality-free notion of gesture and how it can help us with the morpheme vs. gesture question in sign language linguistics (or at least give us some criteria to work with) Arika Okrent\u003cbr\u003e 8. Gesture as the substrate in the process of ASL grammaticization Terry Janzen and Barbara Shaffer\u003cbr\u003e 9. A cross-linguistic examination of the lexicons of four signed languages Anne-Marie Currie, Richard P. Meier and Keith Walters\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Syntax in Sign: Few or No Effects of Modality: 10. Where are all the modality effects? Diane Lillo-Martin\u003cbr\u003e 11. Applying morphosyntactic and phonological readjustment rules in natural language negation Roland Pfau\u003cbr\u003e 12. Nominal expressions in Hong Kong Sign Language: does modality make a difference? Gladys Tang and Felix Sze\u003cbr\u003e Part IV. Using Space and Describing Space: 13. Pronominal reference in signed and spoken language: are grammatical categories modality-dependent?  Susan Lloyd McBurney\u003cbr\u003e 14. Is verb agreement the same cross-modally? Christian Rathmann and Gaurav Mathur\u003cbr\u003e 15. The effects of modality on spatial language: how signers and speakers talk about space Karen Emmorey\u003cbr\u003e 16. The effects of modality on BSL development in an exceptional learner Gary Morgan, Neil Smith, Ianthi Tsimpli and Bencie Woll\u003cbr\u003e 17. Deictic points in the visual\/gestural and tactile\/gestural modalities David Quinto-Pozos.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Sign languages, Braille \u0026amp; other linguistic communication [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sign languages, Braille \u0026amp; other linguistic communication\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sign%20languages,%20Braille%20\u0026amp;%20other%20linguistic%20communication%20%5BCFZ%5D%22\"\u003eCFZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Linguistics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Linguistics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Linguistics%20%5BCF%5D%22\"\u003eCF\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265113936152,"sku":"9780521803854","price":79.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521803854i.jpg?v=1692019648","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/modality-and-structure-in-signed-and-spoken-languages-hardback-9780521803854","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}