Nonmanuals in Sign Language

Editors

Annika Herrmann

| University of Göttingen

Markus Steinbach

| University of Göttingen

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ISBN 9789027202727 | EUR 85.00 | USD 128.00

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In addition to the hands, sign languages make extensive use of nonmanual articulators such as the body, head, and face to convey linguistic information. This collected volume focuses on the forms and functions of nonmanuals in sign languages. The articles discuss various aspects of specific nonmanual markers in different sign languages and enhance the fact that nonmanuals are an essential part of sign language grammar. Approaching the topic from empirical, theoretical, and computational perspectives, the book is of special interest to sign language researchers, typologists, and theoretical as well as computational linguists that are curious about language and modality. The articles investigate phenomena such as mouth gestures, agreement, negation, topicalization, and semantic operators, and discuss general topics such as language and modality, simultaneity, computer animation, and the interfaces between syntax, semantics, and prosody.

Originally published in Sign Language & Linguistics 14:1 (2011).

[Benjamins Current Topics, 53] 2013. v, 197 pp.

Publishing status: Available

https://doi.org/10.1075/bct.53

Table of Contents

Articles

Nonmanuals in sign languages

Annika Herrmann and Markus Steinbach | pp. 1–6

Syntax and prosodic consequences in ASL: Evidence from multiple WH-questions

Sarah Churng | pp. 7–46

Negation in Turkish Sign Language: The syntax of nonmanual markers

Kadir Gökgöz | pp. 47–72

Eye gaze and verb agreement in German Sign Language: A first glance

Jana Hosemann | pp. 73–90

Mouth gestures in British Sign Language: A case study of tongue protrusion in BSL narratives

Donna Lewin and Adam C. Schembri | pp. 91–110

Nonmanual markings for topic constructions in Hong Kong Sign Language

Felix Sze | pp. 111–142

Nonmanuals, semantic operators, domain marking, and the solution to two outstanding puzzles in ASL

Ronnie B. Wilbur | pp. 143–173

Linguistics as structure in computer animation: Toward a more effective synthesis of brow motion in American Sign Language

Rosalee Wolfe, Peter Cook, John C. McDonald and Jerry Schnepp | pp. 175–194

Index | pp. 195–197

“For sign language linguists, this is a very welcome addition to the growing literature on the subject. For general linguists (and for gesture researchers) it can also serve as an introduction to the breadth of the subject.”

Michael W. Morgan, in: LINGUIST List 25.2309, May 26, 2014

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