The use of signing space in a shared sign language of Australia

Annotation

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bauer, Anastasia
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York Walter De Gruyter 2014, 2014
Series:Sign language typology series
Subjects:
Online Access:
Collection: JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
LEADER 05508nam a2200397 u 4500
001 EB001864040
003 EBX01000000000000001028131
005 00000000000000.0
007 tu|||||||||||||||||||||
008 190325 r ||| eng
020 |z 9781614517337 
020 |a 9781614517337 
020 |a 1614517339 
020 |a 9781614517337 
050 4 |a HV2474 
100 1 |a Bauer, Anastasia 
245 0 0 |a The use of signing space in a shared sign language of Australia  |h Elektronische Ressource  |c by Anastasia Bauer 
260 |a New York  |b Walter De Gruyter  |c 2014, 2014 
300 |a 1 online resource 
505 0 |a 6.2.1.1.Question word paradigm -- 6.2.1.2.Syntactic position of question signs -- 6.2.2.Polar questions -- 6.2.3.Nonmanual marking -- 6.2.4.Summary -- pt. IV Use of Space -- 7.The size of signing space -- 8.Pronominal reference -- 8.1.Pronouns in spoken languages -- 8.2.Pronouns in sign languages -- 8.2.1.Metaphorical pointing -- 8.2.2.Cross-linguistic variation in metaphorical pointing -- 8.3.Pronouns in Djambarrpuynu -- 8.4.Pronouns in YSL -- 8.4.1.Person -- 8.4.2.Number -- 8.4.3.Clusivity -- 8.4.4.Case -- 8.4.5.Summary & comparison to NCDSLs -- 8.4.6.Pointing to a house: the use of metonymic pointing in YSL -- 8.5.Summary -- 9.Verb directionality -- 9.1.Verb agreement in spoken languages -- 9.2.Verb directionality in sign languages -- 9.2.1.Sign language verb classes -- 9.2.2.Disagreements on agreement -- 9.3.Verb directionality in YSL -- 9.3.1.YSL verb classes: plain vs. non-plain -- 9.3.1.1.Frequency of spatial modification in non-plain verbs -- 9.3.1.2.Directional verbs --  
505 0 |a 3.5.3.Further aspects of YSL origin and use -- 4.Data collection -- 4.1.Fieldwork -- 4.1.1.Fieldwork sites -- 4.1.2.Cultural issue -- 4.2.Stimulus materials -- 4.2.1.Spontaneous signing -- 4.2.2.Elicited signing -- 4.2.2.1.Visual materials -- 4.2.2.2.Questionnaires and games -- 4.2.2.3.Translation from English and Djambarrpuynu -- 4.3.Participants -- 4.4.Data annotation -- pt. III Selected Aspects of YSL Grammar -- 5.Phonological aspects -- 5.1.Handshapes -- 5.1.1.Basic handshapes -- 5.1.1.1.Token frequency -- 5.1.1.2.Type frequency -- 5.1.1.3.Non-dominant hand frequency -- 5.1.2.Marginal handshapes -- 5.2.Sign types: preference for one-handedness -- 5.3.Nonmanual markers -- 5.3.1.Mouth gestures -- 5.3.2.Mouthings -- 5.3.3.Head movements -- 5.3.3.1.Sleep vs. Exist -- 5.3.3.2.Baynu vs. Yaka -- 5.4.Summary -- 6.Syntactic aspects -- 6.1.Negation -- 6.1.1.Negation in Djambarrpuynu -- 6.1.2.Negation in YSL -- 6.1.3.Summary -- 6.2.Interrogatives -- 6.2.1.Content questions --  
505 0 |a 12.1.2.Limited use of spatial modification in transitive verbs -- 12.1.3.Restricted use of entity classifiers -- 12.2.Language-external factors and sign language structure -- 12.2.1.Age of language -- 12.2.2.Frame of reference -- 12.2.3.Size of community and context-dependency -- 12.2.4.Proportion of hearing signers -- 13.Concluding remarks 
505 0 |a Pt. I Introduction -- 1.Introduction -- 1.1.Research aims and objectives -- 1.2.Outline of the book -- 2.Sign language types -- 2.1.Deaf community sign languages -- 2.2.Emerging sign languages -- 2.3.Village sign languages -- 2.3.1.Socioeconomic and demographic settings -- 2.3.2.Social homogeneity -- 2.3.3.(Socio-)Linguistic context -- 2.3.4.Degree of endangerment -- 2.4.Alternate sign languages -- 2.4.1.Sawmill Sign Language -- 2.4.2.Monastic sign languages -- 2.4.3.Plains Indian Sign Language -- 2.4.4.Keresan Pueblo Indian Sign Language -- 2.4.5.Australian Aboriginal sign languages -- 2.5.Shared sign languages -- 2.6.Summary -- pt. II Sociolinguistic Background & Methodology -- 3.Cultural and sociolinguistic context -- 3.1.Previous studies -- 3.2.Historic & demographic background -- 3.3.Cultural background -- 3.4.Linguistic context -- 3.5.The use of YSL in Yolngu communities -- 3.5.1.Communication with deaf Yolngu -- 3.5.2.Interaction over distance --  
505 0 |a 9.3.1.3.Absence of number marking -- 9.3.1.4.Optional object or location marking on YSL verbs -- 9.4.Constituent order in transitive clauses -- 9.4.1.YSL constituent order -- 9.4.2.Djambarrpuynu constituent order -- 9.4.3.Disscussion -- 9.5.Summary -- 10.Expression of motion -- 10.1.Classifiers in spoken languages -- 10.2.Classifiers in sign languages -- 10.2.1.Entity classifiers -- 10.2.2.Handling classifiers -- 10.3.Expression of motion in YSL -- 10.3.1.YSL Directionals -- 10.3.2.YSL Classifiers -- 10.3.2.1.Entity classifiers in YSL -- 10.3.2.1.1.The handshape -- 10.3.2.1.2.The handshape -- 10.3.2.1.3.The handshape -- 10.3.2.2.Handling classifiers in YSL -- 10.4.Summary -- 11.Expression of size and shape -- 11.1.Size and Shape Specifiers in sign languages -- 11.2.Size and Shape Specifiers in YSL -- 11.3.Summary -- pt. V Discussion & Conclusion -- 12.YSL in cross-linguistic perspective -- 12.1.The use of space in shared sign languages -- 12.1.1.The lack of metaphorical pointing --  
653 |a Australian Sign Language 
653 |a Aboriginal Australians / Sign language 
653 |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Communication Studies 
653 |a LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language 
041 0 7 |a eng  |2 ISO 639-2 
989 |b ZDB-39-JOA  |a JSTOR Open Access Books 
490 0 |a Sign language typology series 
776 |z 1614515476 
776 |z 9781614515470 
856 4 0 |u https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.2307/j.ctvbkjwqj  |x Verlag  |3 Volltext 
082 0 |a 419.94 
520 |a Annotation