Linguistics of American Sign Language : an introduction /
Valli, Clayton.
Valli, Clayton.Linguistics of American Sign Language.
Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press,
2011.
Previous ed. entered under Clayton Valli.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. 1: Introduction. Defining language ; Defining linguistics -- pt. 2: Phonology. Signs have parts ; The Stokoe system ; The concept of sequentiality in the description of signs ; The Liddell and Johnson Movement-Hold Model ; Phonological processes ; Summary -- pt. 3: Morphology. Building new signs ; Deriving nouns from verbs ; Compounds ; Fingerspelling ; Numeral incorporation -- part 4: Syntax. Introduction ; Basic sentence types ; Lexical categories ; Word order ; Time and aspect ; Verbs ; The function of space -- pt. 5: Semantics. The meaning of individual signs ; The meaning of sentences -- pt. 6: Language in use. Variation and historical change ; ASL discourse ; Bilingualism and language contact ; Language as art -- pt. 7: Supplemental readings. Analyzing signs / Robbin Battison ; Signs have parts : a simple idea / Robbin Battison ; Introduction to A dictionary of American Sign Language / William C. Stokoe, Dorothy C. Casterline, and Carl G. Croneberg ; American Sign Language : the phonological base / Scott K. Liddell and Robert E. Johnson ; The confluence of space and language in signed languages / Karen Emmorey ; Indicating verbs and pronouns : pointing away from agreement / Scott K. Liddell ; Body partitioning and real-space blends / Paul G. Dudis ; Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / Edward Finegan and Niko Besnier ; Syntax : the analysis of sentence structure / William O'Grady ; Semantics : the analysis of meaning / William O'Grady ; Analyzing variation in sign languages : theoretical and methodological issues / Rob Hoopes, Mary Rose, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, Alyssa Wulf, Karen Petronio, and Steven Collins ; Variation in American Sign Language / Ceil Lucas and Robert Bayley ; Variation : basic concepts / Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, and Clayton Valli ; Discourse analysis / Melanie Metzger and Ben Bahan ; Language contact in the American Deaf community / Ceil Lucas and Clayton Valli.
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American Sign Language