Introduction published in:
Special Issue in Memory of Irit Meir
Edited by Diane Lillo-Martin, Wendy Sandler, Marie Coppola and Rose Stamp
[Sign Language & Linguistics 23:1/2] 2020
► pp. 1–16
Introduction

Irit Meir

| University of Haifa
| Bar-Ilan University
| University of Connecticut
| University of Connecticut
Article outline
  • 1.Introduction
  • 2.Formative period
  • 3.Irit’s major contributions to sign language research
  • 4.Contributions to this volume
    • 4.1Space and the organization of morphology and syntax
      • Kwok, Berk & Lillo-Martin
      • Morgan
    • 4.2Iconicity and the lexicon
      • Pyers & Senghas
      • Schaller, Lee, Sevcikova Sehyr, Farnady & Emmorey
      • Börstell & Lepic
    • 4.3Language emergence and grammaticalization
      • Dachkovsky
      • Ergin, Senghas, Jackendoff & Gleitman
      • Tkachman & Hudson Kam
      • Sandler, Belsitzman & Meir
      • Meir
  • 5.Humans first – a driving force for Irit
  • Notes
  • References
Published online: 30 October 2020
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00041.int
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