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Mouth Actions in Sign Languages : an Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities SLDCPublisher: Berlin/Boston : De Gruyter, 2014Description: 1 online resource (249 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 1614514976
  • 1614517053
  • 9781614517054
  • 1614519048
  • 9781614519041
  • 9781614514978
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Mouth Actions in Sign Languages : An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language.DDC classification:
  • 419.415
Other classification:
  • ES 175
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction -- 2. The Linguistic Setup of Sign Languages -- The Case of Irish Sign Language (ISL) -- 3. Non-manuals in Sign Languages -- Theoretical Background -- 4. Mouth Actions in ISL -- A Typology of Mouthings and Mouth Gestures -- 5. Mouth Actions in ISL -- Sociolinguistic Factors -- 6. Mouth Actions in ISL -- Linguistic Factors -- 7. Conclusion.
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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1. Introduction -- 2. The Linguistic Setup of Sign Languages -- The Case of Irish Sign Language (ISL) -- 3. Non-manuals in Sign Languages -- Theoretical Background -- 4. Mouth Actions in ISL -- A Typology of Mouthings and Mouth Gestures -- 5. Mouth Actions in ISL -- Sociolinguistic Factors -- 6. Mouth Actions in ISL -- Linguistic Factors -- 7. Conclusion.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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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