Sign language in Indo-Pakistan : a description of a signed language / Ulrike Zeshan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zeshan, Ulrike.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indopakistan Sign Language.

Deaf people--India.

Deaf people.

Deaf people--Pakistan.

Pakistan.

India.

Physical Description:

xii, 178 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Philadelphia : John Benjamins, [2000]

Contents:

1.1 Indopakistan Sign Language (IPSL) 1

1.2 Data 8

1.3 Transcription Conventions 12

Chapter 2 The Signs 17

2.1 Handshapes 17

2.1.1 Basic Handshapes 18

2.1.2 Central Handshapes 21

2.1.3 Marginal Handshapes 23

2.1.4 Problematic Cases 24

2.1.5 Meaningful Handshapes 26

2.2 Sign Families 28

2.2.1 Opposites 28

2.2.2 Signs Related by Common Handshape 29

2.2.3 Signs Related by Common Place of Articulation 30

2.2.4 Componential Signs 33

2.3 Extraneous Influences on IPSL 35

2.3.1 IPSL and Hindi/Urdu 35

2.3.2 IPSL and English 36

2.3.3 IPSL and Gestures 38

2.3.4 IPSL and Other Sign Languages 40

2.4 Nonmanual Components of Signs 42

2.4.1 Mouth Pattern, Mouth Gesture and Facial Expression 42

2.4.2 Body Posture, Head Position and Eye Gaze 44

2.4.3 A Nonmanual Parameter? 45

2.5 Iconicity 50

2.5.1 The Role of Iconicity in Sign Languages 50

2.5.2 Iconic signs 51

2.5.3 Pantomimic Modification 53

Chapter 3 Morphology 55

3.1 Word Classes 55

3.2 Directionality 57

3.3 Aspects 62

3.3.1 Completive Aspect 62

3.3.2 Aspectual Modulation 65

3.4 Complex Signs 72

3.4.1 Numeral Incorporation 73

3.4.2 LENA: 'take' and DENA: 'give' 75

3.4.3 Fusion 79

3.4.4 Compounds 82

Chapter 4 Syntax 87

4.1 Word Order 88

4.1.1 Predicates and Participants 88

4.1.2 Temporal Expressions 91

4.1.3 Function Signs 92

4.1.4 Modifying Constructions 97

4.2 Localization 99

4.2.1 Loci 99

4.2.2 Directionality 102

4.2.3 Positioning 103

4.2.5 Eye Gaze 107

4.2.6 Role Play 108

4.2.7 Inconsistencies 109

4.3 Nonmanual Syntax 110

4.3.1 Affirmation and Negation 111

4.3.2 Interrogatives 115

4.3.3 Conditional Clauses 117

Chapter 5 Discourse Strategies 121

5.1 Contrasts 121

5.2 Use of the Left Hand 123

5.3 Perspective 126.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [131]-135) and index.

ISBN:

1556198574

OCLC:

43751549