Bauer, Anastasia,

The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia / Anastasia Bauer. - Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014] ©2014 - 1 online resource (303 p.) - Sign Language Typology [SLT] ; 5 .

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Sign language acronyms -- Glossary -- Notational conventions -- Part I. Introduction -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Sign language types -- Part II. Sociolinguistic Background & Methodology -- Chapter 3. Cultural and sociolinguistic context -- Chapter 4. Data collection -- Part III.Selected Aspects of YSL Grammar -- Chapter 5. Phonological aspects -- Chapter 6. Syntactic aspects -- Part IV. Use of Space -- Chapter 7. The size of signing space -- Chapter 8. Pronominal reference -- Chapter 9. Verb directionality -- Chapter 10. Expression of motion -- Chapter 11. Expression of size and shape -- Part V. Discussion & Conclusion -- Chapter 12. YSL in cross-linguistic perspective -- Chapter 13. Concluding remarks -- Appendix I: List of YSL handshapes -- Appendix II: Figures -- Appendix III: Data -- Notes -- References -- Index -- Curriculum vitae

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In English.

9781614515470

10.1515/9781614515470 doi


Aboriginal Australians--Sign language.
Australian Sign Language.
Australian Aboriginal languages.
Grammatical Space.
Sign Language Typology.
Yolngu Languages.
LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language.

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