Book contents
- Sign Language Phonology
- Key Topics in Phonology
- Sign Language Phonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modality Effects
- 3 Iconicity
- 4 Interfaces
- 5 The Emergence of Phonology
- 6 Sign Language Phonological Processing
- 7 Sign Language Acquisition
- 8 Sign Language Phonological Variation and Change
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
1 - Introduction
Sign Language versus Gesture; Sign Language versus Speech
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 04 November 2019
Book contents
- Sign Language Phonology
- Key Topics in Phonology
- Sign Language Phonology
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Figures
- Tables
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Modality Effects
- 3 Iconicity
- 4 Interfaces
- 5 The Emergence of Phonology
- 6 Sign Language Phonological Processing
- 7 Sign Language Acquisition
- 8 Sign Language Phonological Variation and Change
- Glossary
- References
- Index
- References
Summary
By working through phonological questions using sign language data we arrive at a new understanding of the very nature of phonology, of the very nature of language. This chapter gives a brief historical look into the field from its inception, lays out the reasons why thinking about sign language phonology opens up new ways to understand the nature of language, broadly construed, and provides enough background on the units of word-level phonology in sign languages to see practical and theoretical connections to parallel issues in spoken language phonology.
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References
1.7 Further Reading
Battison, R. (1978). Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language. Silver Spring, MD: Linstok Press. Reprinted 2003, Burtonsville, MD: Sign Media, Inc.Google Scholar
Fenlon, J., Cormier, K., & Brentari, D.. The phonology of sign languages. (2017). In Hannahs, S.J. and Bosch, A. (eds.), Routledge Handbook of Phonological Theory (pp. 453–475). New York: Routledge.Google Scholar
Sandler, W. & Lillo-Martin, D. (2006). Sign Language and Linguistic Universals. Cambridge/New York: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Stokoe, W. (1960). Sign Language Structure: An Outline of the Visual Communication Systems of the American Deaf. Buffalo, NY: University of Buffalo. (Occasional Papers 8).Google Scholar
van der Hulst, H. & van der Kooij, E. (in press). Phonological structure of signs: Theoretical perspectives. In Quer, J., Pfau, R. & Herrmann, A (eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research. London: Routledge.Google Scholar