Primary movement in sign languages
Subtitle: a study of six languages
By: Donna Jo Napoli, Nicholas Gaw, Mark Mai
Contributors: Gaw, Nicholas; Mai, Mark
Publisher: Gallaudet University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Number of pages: 214
ISBN-13: 9781563684913
Subjects: Sign language; Means of communication; Deaf; Comparative linguistics
Description: viii, 214 p. : 24 cm
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p.195-206) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Gathering the data; title: Analysis of signs with noncurve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and AUSLAN; title: Analysis of signs with curve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and AUSLAN; title: Unusual symmetry or other oddities in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and AUSLAN; title: Results from the study of ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and AUSLAN; title: Testing and beyond.