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Mouth Actions in Sign Languages : An Empirical Study of Irish Sign Language / Susanne Mohr.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Series: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] ; 3Publisher: Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2014]Copyright date: ©2014Description: 1 online resource (231 p.)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781614514978
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: No title; No titleDDC classification:
  • 419.415
LOC classification:
  • HV2476.5.I74 M64 2014
Other classification:
  • ES 175
Online resources: Available additional physical forms:
  • Issued also in print.
Contents:
Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Notational Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Linguistic Setup of Sign Languages - The Case of Irish Sign Language (ISL) -- Chapter 3. Non-manuals in Sign Languages - Theoretical Background -- Chapter 4. Mouth Actions in ISL - A Typology of Mouthings and Mouth Gestures -- Chapter 5. Mouth Actions in ISL - Sociolinguistic Factors -- Chapter 6. Mouth Actions in ISL - Linguistic Factors -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Complete list of signs and fingerspellings with mouthings -- Appendix B. Contexts for examples (glossed with mouthings) -- Notes -- References -- Index
Summary: Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research into non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes.
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Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Notational Conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Linguistic Setup of Sign Languages - The Case of Irish Sign Language (ISL) -- Chapter 3. Non-manuals in Sign Languages - Theoretical Background -- Chapter 4. Mouth Actions in ISL - A Typology of Mouthings and Mouth Gestures -- Chapter 5. Mouth Actions in ISL - Sociolinguistic Factors -- Chapter 6. Mouth Actions in ISL - Linguistic Factors -- Chapter 7. Conclusion -- Appendix A. Complete list of signs and fingerspellings with mouthings -- Appendix B. Contexts for examples (glossed with mouthings) -- Notes -- References -- Index

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Mouth actions in sign languages have been controversially discussed but the sociolinguistic factors determining their form and functions remain uncertain. This first empirical analysis of mouth actions in Irish Sign Language focuses on correlations with gender, age, and word class. It contributes to the linguistic description of ISL, research into non-manuals in sign languages, and is relevant for the cross-modal study of word classes.

Issued also in print.

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