Sign language in Papua New Guinea a primary sign language from the Upper Lagaip Valley, Enga Province Adam Kendon ; with contributions by Sherman Wilcox and by Lauren Reed and Alan Rumsey

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Kendon, Adam.

Contributor:

Wilcox, Sherman.

Reed, Lauren W.

Rumsey, Alan.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Papua New Guinea Sign Language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (221 pages)

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2020]

Summary:

"This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a sign language from that part of the world. The detailed descriptive analyses that the author provided are still fresh today, and in some respects they anticipate insights into the nature of sign languages that were not further explored until much more recently. The monograph is accompanied by two essays: Sherman Wilcox comments on value and relevance of the author's work in the light of much more recent work on the linguistics of sign languages. An essay by Lauren Reed and Alan Rumsey provides an up to date survey of what is now known about sign languages in Papua New Guinea. Information about sign languages in the Solomon Island is also included"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Prelim pages

Table of contents

Preface

Films used in the analysis

Conventions for signs and utterance examples

Introduction

Chapter 1. General properties of signs

Chapter 2. Processes of sign formation

Chapter 3. Iconicity

Chapter 4. On the uses of pointing

Chapter 5. Concurrent action

Chapter 6. Aspects of discourse construction

Chapter 7. Conclusions

References

Appendix

Sign Languages in Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands

Kendon’s work on a signed language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea

Name Index

Topic Index

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

9789027261823

9027261822