Read Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Unknown Author

4.9/5 (19742 ratings)

Description:The only comprehensive, empirically driven, description of Irish Sign Language. As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach. To get started finding Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Pages: —

Format: PDF, EPUB & Kindle Edition

Publisher: —

Release: —

ISBN: 0748638237

Description: The only comprehensive, empirically driven, description of Irish Sign Language. As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn from the Signs of Ireland corpus, one of the largest digital corpora of a signed language in Europe, and are included on the accompanying DVD. An essential resource for sign language teachers and interpreters, students of sign linguistics, and learners of ISL in Ireland, this book offers new insights into the role of gesture, spatial models, iconicity, metaphor, and metonymy in ISL grammar, vocabulary and discourse.We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach. To get started finding Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.

Special Offer | $0.00

Special Offer! | $0.00

Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

More Books

Sign Languages of the World

Sign Languages of the World

The Oxford Handbook of Irish English

The Oxford Handbook of Irish English

Irish Sign Language

Irish Sign Language

Topics in Signed Language Interpreting

Topics in Signed Language Interpreting

Virtual Learning Environments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

Virtual Learning Environments: Concepts, Methodologies, Tools and Applications

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues

Handbook of Research on E-Learning Standards and Interoperability: Frameworks and Issues

Language Contact. Volume 2

Language Contact. Volume 2

Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies

Minority Languages, National Languages, and Official Language Policies

The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day

The History of Signboards from the Earliest Times to the Present Day