Current directions in Turkish sign language research / edited by Engin Arik.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Arik, Engin, editor.

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sign language--Study and teaching--Turkey.

Sign language.

Sign language--Study and teaching.

Turkey.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xix, 306 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars, 2013.

System Details:

text file

Summary:

This book aims to contribute to our knowledge of Turkish Sign Language (TID), and sign language linguistics in general. TID is a relatively old signed language, and is, at present, believed to be historically unrelated to other signed languages. Linguistic studies on this language started in the early 2000s. There has been growing academic interest and an increasing body of work on TID within the past decade, enhancing the need for this book, which brings together chapters covering a variety of topics, such as the history of deaf education and TID, issues regarding language documentation, a phonological study of fingerspelling, reciprocals, interrogatives, reported utterances, expressions of spatial relations including their acquisitions, and expressions of multiple entities. This book was supported in part by the TÜBITAK Research Fund, Project No. 111K314. This edited volume serves as a useful resource for newcomers to the field, gives new momentum to future research on TID, and offers unique perspectives in investigating sign languages in general. Finally, the intention is that the conversations within this volume will open up new discussions not only within sign linguistics, but also in other related fields such as cognitive science. Book jacket.

Contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction: Previous and Current Research on Turkish Sign Language (TID) / Engin Arik Arik, Engin 1

Chapter 2 Communicative Practices of Deaf People in Turkey and the Sociolinguistics of Turkish Sign Language / Deniz Ilkbasaran Ilkbasaran, Deniz 19

Chapter 3 Documenting Turkish Sign Language (TID): A Report on a Research Project / A. Sumru Özsoy Özsoy, A. Sumru, Engin Arik Arik, Engin, Asli Göksel Göksel, Asli, Meltem Kelepir Kelepir, Meltem, Derya Nuhbalaoglu Nuhbalaoglu, Derya 55

Chapter 4 Hand Reversal and Assimilation in TID Lexicalized Fingerspelling / Süleyman S. Tasçi Tasçi, Süleyman S. 71

Chapter 5 The Phonology and Phonetics of Reciprocals in Turkish Sign Language (TID) / Okan Kubus Kubus, Okan, Annette Hohenberger Hohenberger, Annette 101

Chapter 6 Interrogatives in Turkish Sign Language (TID): The Role of Eyebrows / Bahtiyar Makaroglu Makaroglu, Bahtiyar 143

Chapter 7 Wh-movement in Turkish Sign Language / Selçuk Issever Issever, Selçuk, Bahtiyar Makaroglu Makaroglu, Bahtiyar 167

Chapter 8 Aspects of Reported Utterances in Turkish Sign Language / Meltem Kelepir Kelepir, Meltem, Asli Göksel Göksel, Asli 191

Chapter 9 Expressions of Space in Turkish Sign Language / Engin Arik Arik, Engin 219

Chapter 10 Acquisition of Locative Expressions in Children Learning Turkish Sign Language (TID) and Turkish / Beyza Sümer Sümer, Beyza, Inge Zwitserlood Zwitserlood, Inge, Pamela Perniss Perniss, Pamela, Asli Özyürek Özyürek, Asli 243

Chapter 11 Expression of Multiple Entities in Turkish Sign Language (TID) / Inge Zwitserlood Zwitserlood, Inge, Pamela Perniss Perniss, Pamela, Asli Özyürek Özyürek, Asli 273.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9781443864299

1443864293

Publisher Number:

99986545551

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Restricted for use by site license.