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Where do nouns come from? / edited by John B. Haviland, University of California, San Diego.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Benjamins current topics ; 70.
- Benjamins current topics ; 1874-0081 ; 70
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Speech and gesture--Study and teaching.
- Speech and gesture.
- Sign language--Study and teaching.
- Sign language.
- Gesture--Psychological aspects.
- Gesture.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun.
- Grammar, Comparative and general.
- Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun phrase.
- Interpersonal communication--Psychological aspects.
- Interpersonal communication.
- Anthropological linguistics.
- Psychological aspects.
- Physical Description:
- 140 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2015]
- Contents:
- 1 Where do nouns come from?
- 2 Introduction p. 1 / John B. Haviland
- 3 The noun-verb distinction in two young sign languages p. 9 / Oksana Tkachman; Wendy Sandler
- 4 Patterned iconicity in sign language lexicons p. 43 / Carol A. Padden; Irit Meir; So-One Hwang; Ryan Lepic; Sharon Seegers; Tory Sampson
- 5 The emerging grammar of nouns in a first generation sign language p. 65 / John B. Haviland
- 6 How handshape type can distinguish between nouns and verbs in homesign p. 111 / Dea Hunsicker; Susan Goldin-Meadow
- 7 Subject index p. 135
- 8 Name index p. 139.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
- ISBN:
- 9789027242587
- 9027242585
- OCLC:
- 904460027
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