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Grammar, gesture, and meaning in American Sign Language / Scott K. Liddell.
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- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Liddell, Scott K., 1946-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- American Sign Language--Grammar.
- American Sign Language.
- Gesture.
- Space and time in language.
- American Sign Language--Semantics.
- Semantics.
- Physical Description:
- xiv, 384 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2003.
- Summary:
- Explores similarities and differences between spoken and signed languages, challenging notions of what constituteslanguage?.
- Notes:
- American Sign Language as a language -- A sketch of the grammar of ASL -- Pronouns and real space -- Indicating verbs and real space -- Surrogates -- Directing signs at locations and things -- Tokens -- Buoys -- Depicting verbs -- Five brothers -- Grammar, gesture, and meaning.
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 368-376) and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 0521816203
- 0521016509
- OCLC:
- 50280190
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