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Product Identifiers

PublisherEdinburgh Tea & Coffee Company University Press

ISBN-100748638237

ISBN-139780748638239

eBay Product ID (ePID)99499534

Product Key Features

Number of Pages256 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameIrish Sign Language : a Cognitive Linguistic Approach

SubjectCeltic Languages, Sign Language, Linguistics / General

Publication Year2012

TypeTextbook

AuthorJohn I. Saeed, Lorraine Leeson

Subject AreaForeign Language Study, Language Arts & Disciplines

FormatHardcover

Dimensions

Item Height0.8 in

Item Weight19 Oz

Item Length6.3 in

Item Width9.1 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional

LCCN2012-452783

ReviewsResearch on signed languages around the world is growing and the far reaching benefits of societal and political recognition have been witenssed in numerous countries. Books like these are important as they serve to compile research into one place and frame the information for readers who may not otherwise consult academic journals to find that the signed language used in their region is a rich and complex language. Additionally, volumes like this one enable signed language users and researchers around the world to continue cross-linguistic comparisons in the visual-manual modality, enriching our understanding of individual langugages as well as language and cognition in general.

Dewey Edition22

Grade FromCollege Graduate Student

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal419.415

Table Of Content1. Introduction; 2. What is a signed language?; 3. The Social Context; 4. Irish Sign Language and other signed languages; 5. Phonetics and Phonology; 6. Morphology; 7. The ISL lexicon; 8. Syntax; 9. Semantics; 10. Discourse; 11. Towards a Cognitive Account of Signed Languages; 12. Conclusion.

SynopsisAs the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse., The only comprehensive, empirically driven, description of Irish Sign Language. As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse., A comprehensive, empirically driven, description of Irish Sign Language illustrated by the Signs of Ireland corpus.

LC Classification NumberP117.5