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Universal Grammar and American Sign Language
D. C. Lillo-Martin
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Hardback. Series: Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 553.
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE American Sign Language (ASL) is the visual-gestural language used by most of the deaf community in the United States and parts of Canada. On the surface, this language (as all signed languages) seems radically different from the spoken languages which have been used to formulate theories of linguistic princi ples and parameters. However, the position taken in this book is that when the surface effects of modality are stripped away, ASL will be seen to follow many of the patterns proposed as universals for human language. If these theoretical constructs are meant to hold for language in ... Read more
AMERICAN SIGN LANGUAGE American Sign Language (ASL) is the visual-gestural language used by most of the deaf community in the United States and parts of Canada. On the surface, this language (as all signed languages) seems radically different from the spoken languages which have been used to formulate theories of linguistic princi ples and parameters. However, the position taken in this book is that when the surface effects of modality are stripped away, ASL will be seen to follow many of the patterns proposed as universals for human language. If these theoretical constructs are meant to hold for language in ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
Series
Studies in Theoretical Psycholinguistics
Number of Pages
245
Place of Publication
Dordrecht, Netherlands
ISBN
9780792314196
SKU
V9780792314196
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