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Description:This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to the gestures produced in the surrounding communities of hearing individuals.ContentsAcknowledgementsOlivier Le Guen, Marie Coppola and Josefina SafarIntroduction: How Emerging Sign Languages in the Americas contributes to the study of linguistics and (emerging) sign languagesPart I: Emerging sign languages of the Americas. Descriptions and analysisJohn HavilandSigns, interaction, coordination, and gaze: interactive foundations of "Z"--an emerging (sign) language from Chiapas, MexicoLaura HortonRepresentational strategies in shared homesign systems from Nebaj, GuatemalaJosefina Safar and Rodrigo Petatillo ChanStrategies of noun-verb distinction in Yucatec Maya Sign LanguagesEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani FusellierA typological perspective on the meaningful handshapes in the emerging sign languages on Maraj� Island (Brazil)Ben BraithwaiteEmerging sign languages in the CaribbeanOlivier Le Guen, Rebeca Petatillo and Rita (Rossy) Kinil Canch�Yucatec Maya multimodal interaction as the basis for Yucatec Maya Sign LanguageMarie CoppolaGestures, homesign, sign language: Cultural and social factors driving lexical conventionalizationPart II: Sociolinguistic sketchesJohn B. HavilandZinacantec family homesign (or "Z")Laura HortonA sociolinguistic sketch of deaf individuals and families from Nebaj, GuatemalaJosefina Safar and Olivier Le GuenYucatec Maya Sign Language(s): A sociolinguistic overviewEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani FusellierSign Languages on Maraj� Island (Brazil)Ben BraithwaiteSociolinguistic sketch of Providence Island Sign LanguageKristian Ali and Ben BraithwaiteBay Islands Sign Language: A Sociolinguistic SketchMarie CoppolaSociolinguistic sketch: Nicaraguan Sign Language and Homesign Systems in NicaraguaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas. To get started finding Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Pages: 462

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter

Release: 2020

ISBN: 1501504843

Description: This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to the gestures produced in the surrounding communities of hearing individuals.ContentsAcknowledgementsOlivier Le Guen, Marie Coppola and Josefina SafarIntroduction: How Emerging Sign Languages in the Americas contributes to the study of linguistics and (emerging) sign languagesPart I: Emerging sign languages of the Americas. Descriptions and analysisJohn HavilandSigns, interaction, coordination, and gaze: interactive foundations of "Z"--an emerging (sign) language from Chiapas, MexicoLaura HortonRepresentational strategies in shared homesign systems from Nebaj, GuatemalaJosefina Safar and Rodrigo Petatillo ChanStrategies of noun-verb distinction in Yucatec Maya Sign LanguagesEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani FusellierA typological perspective on the meaningful handshapes in the emerging sign languages on Maraj� Island (Brazil)Ben BraithwaiteEmerging sign languages in the CaribbeanOlivier Le Guen, Rebeca Petatillo and Rita (Rossy) Kinil Canch�Yucatec Maya multimodal interaction as the basis for Yucatec Maya Sign LanguageMarie CoppolaGestures, homesign, sign language: Cultural and social factors driving lexical conventionalizationPart II: Sociolinguistic sketchesJohn B. HavilandZinacantec family homesign (or "Z")Laura HortonA sociolinguistic sketch of deaf individuals and families from Nebaj, GuatemalaJosefina Safar and Olivier Le GuenYucatec Maya Sign Language(s): A sociolinguistic overviewEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani FusellierSign Languages on Maraj� Island (Brazil)Ben BraithwaiteSociolinguistic sketch of Providence Island Sign LanguageKristian Ali and Ben BraithwaiteBay Islands Sign Language: A Sociolinguistic SketchMarie CoppolaSociolinguistic sketch: Nicaraguan Sign Language and Homesign Systems in NicaraguaWe have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas. To get started finding Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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