Signs of Language

Name: Signs of Language
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ISBN: 9780674807969

ISBN-10: 0674807960

ISBN-13: 9780674807969

Edition: 1979 (Reprint)

Authors: Edward Klima, Ursula Bellugi

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In a book with far-reaching implications, Edward S. Klima and Ursula Bellugi present a full exploration of a language in another mode--a language of the hands and of the eyes. They discuss the origin and development of American Sign Language, the internal structure of its basic units, the grammatical processes it employs, and its heightened use in poetry and wit. The authors draw on research, much of it by and with deaf people, to answer the crucial question of what is fundamental to language as language and what is determined by the mode (vocal or gestural) in which a language is produced.

Book details

List price: $52.00
Copyright year: 1979
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Publication date: 10/15/1988
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 432
Size: 6.25" wide x 9.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.298
Language: English

Ursula Bellugi is the Director of the Laboratory for Language Studies at The Salk Institute for Biological Studies.



Introduction



The Two Faces of Sign



Iconicity in Signs and Signing



Properties of Symbols in a Silent Language



Historical Change: From Iconic to Arbitrary



The Structure of The Sign



Remembering without Words: Manual Memory



Slips of The Hands



A Comparison of Chinese and American Signs



A Feature Analysis of Handshapes



The Rate of Speaking and Signing



Grammatical Processes



On The Creation of New Lexical Items by Compounding



Linguistic Expression of Category Levels



Aspectual Modulations on Adjectival Predicates



The Structured Use of Space and Movement: Morphological Processes



The Heightened Use of Language



Wit and Plays on Signs



Poetry and Song in a Language without Sound



Notation



Conventions Employed in Illustrations


Notes


References


Index