Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages

Herausgeber: Emmorey, Karen

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Classifier constructions are universal to sign languages and exhibit unique properties that arise from the nature of the visual-gestural modality. The major goals are to bring to light critical issues related to the study of classifier constructions and to present state-of-the-art linguistic and psycholinguistic analyses of these constructions. It is hoped that by doing so, more researchers will be inspired to investigate the nature of classifier constructions across signed languages and further explore the unique aspects of these forms. The papers in this volume discuss the following issues: *how sign language classifiers differ from spoken languages; *cross-linguistic variation in sign language classifier systems; *the role of gesture; *the nature of morpho-syntactic and phonological constraints on classifier constructions; *the grammaticization process for these forms; and *the acquisition of classifier forms. Divided into four parts, groups of papers focus on a particular set of issues, and commentary papers end each section.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Psychology Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. Oktober 2013
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 254mm x 178mm x 19mm
• Gewicht: 663g
• ISBN-13: 9780415653817
• ISBN-10: 0415653819
• Artikelnr.: 36539134

Autorenporträt

Karen Emmorey

Inhaltsangabe

Contents: Preface. Part I: The Syntax and Morphology of Classifiers in Sign Languages.A. Schembri
Rethinking "Classifiers" in Signed Languages. B. Bergman
L. Wallin
Noun and Verbal Classifiers in Swedish Sign Language. M. Aronoff
I. Meir
C. Padden
W. Sandler
Classifier Constructions and Morphology in Two Sign Languages. A.Y. Aikhenvald
Commentary: Classifiers in Spoken and in Signed Languages: How to Know More. C. Grinevald
Classifier Systems in the Context of a Typology of Nominal Classification. Part II: Cross-Linguistic Variations in Classifier Constructions and Spatial Language.U. Zeshan
"Classificatory" Constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language: Grammaticalization and Lexicalization Processes. G. Tang
Verbs of Motion and Location in Hong Kong Sign Language: Conflation and Lexicalization. L. Talmy
Commentary: The Representation of Spatial Structure in Spoken and Signed Language. Part III: Classifier Constructions and Gesture.S.K. Liddell
Sources of Meaning in ASL Classifier Predicates. K. Emmorey
M. Herzig
Categorical Versus Gradient Properties of Classifier Constructions in ASL. T. Supalla
Commentary: Revisiting Visual Analogy in ASL Classifier Predicates. S. Duncan
Gesture in Language: Issues for Sign Language Research. Part IV: The Acquisition of Classifier Constructions.D.I. Slobin
N. Hoiting
M. Kuntze
R. Lindert
A. Weinberg
J. Pyers
M. Anthony
Y. Biederman
H. Thumann
A Cognitive/Functional Perspective on the Acquisition of "Classifiers." G. Morgan
B. Woll
The Development of Reference Switching Encoded Through Body Classifiers in British Sign Language. E. Engberg-Pedersen
How Composite Is a Fall: Adults' and Children's Descriptions of Different Types of Falls in Danish Sign Language.