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Mouth Actions in Sign Languages

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Over the past decades, the field of sign language linguistics has expanded considerably. Recent research on sign languages includes a wide range of subdomains such as reference grammars, theoretica...
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  • 16 June 2014
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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.

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Price: $160.99
Pages: 249
Publisher: De Gruyter
Imprint: De Gruyter Mouton
Publication Date: 16 June 2014
ISBN: 9781614517054
Format: Hardcover
BISACs: LAN009000 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / General, LAN009050 LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Sociolinguistics
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Susanne Mohr, University of Bonn, Germany.