A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology (Language, Speech, and Communication)
By Diane Brentari.
Description
Superior to any other book on the subject that I have seen. I can see it being used as a class text or reference for current theory in sign language phonology.This book is intended in part to provide linguists and cognitive scientists who do not know sign language with a point of entry into the study of sign language phonology. At the same time, it presents a comprehensive theory of American Sign Language (ASL) phonology, while reviewing and building on alternative theories. One claim of this theoretical framework is that, because of sign language's visual/gestural phonetic basis, the ...
ISBN(s)
0262024454, 9780262024457
