The Syntax of American Sign Language: Functional Categories and Hierarchical Structure - Couverture souple

Neidle, Carol; Kegl, Judy; Maclaughlin, Dawn

 
9780262512213: The Syntax of American Sign Language: Functional Categories and Hierarchical Structure
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0262512211 ISBN 13 : 9780262512213
Editeur : MIT Press, 2008

Synopsis

Recent research on the syntax of signed languages has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement, and wh-constructions. Signed languages provide illuminating evidence about functional projections of a kind unavailable in the study of spoken languages. Along with manual signing, crucial information is expressed by specific movements of the face and upper body. The authors argue that such nonmanual markings are often direct expressions of abstract syntactic features. The distribution and intensity of these markings provide information about the location of functional heads and the boundaries of functional projections. The authors show how evidence from ASL is useful for evaluating a number of recent theoretical proposals on, among other things, the status of syntactic agreement projections and constraints on phrase structure and the directionality of movement.

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À propos de l?auteur

Carol Neidle is Professor of French Linguistics and Director of the Linguistics Program at Boston University.

Judy Kegl is Professor of Linguistics and Director of the Signed Language Research Lab at the University of Southern Maine.

Benjamin Bahan is Professor/Codirector of Program Development for 6th Street Project in the ASL and Deaf Studies Program at Gallaudet University.

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Éditeur
MIT Press
Date d'édition
2008
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0262512211
ISBN 13 
9780262512213
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
244
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0262140675 ISBN 13 :  9780262140676
Editeur : Bradford Books, 1999
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