Mouth Actions in Sign Languages an Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language
Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin/Boston
De Gruyter
2014, 2014
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| Series: | Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research into non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes |
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| Physical Description: | 249 pages |
| ISBN: | 1614519048 9781614519041 1614517053 1614514976 9781614517054 |