Topic Index
A
- alternate sign languages, definedxi, 29, 39
- American Sign Language2, 7, 14, 16,
18–20
, 30, 39, 44, 66, 73, 75, 86, 93,
95–96
,
109–110
,
115–116
,
118–119
, 141, 160, 181,
185–186
,
195–196
- articulation locations11, 31
- Attitudes towards deaf people147, 149, 159
- Australasian Signed English154,
159–160
- Australiaix, xi, 60, 69, 98, 105, 110,
116–117
, 154, 160
- Australian Aboriginal Sign Languagesxi, 29, 39see also Pitta-Pitta, Warlpiri
- Australian National Universityix, xii, 118, 141, 182
- Australian Sign Language (AUSLAN)30, 144, 152, 154,
159–160
, 180
B
- base, of signvi, 30,
39–44
,
46–48
, 53, 106, 110,
164–168
, 170
- bracketing sub units of discourse81
C
- Callan Services, Papua New Guinea
154–156
, 158, 159
- characterizing signsvi, 18, 41, 47, 52
- Chimbu Province144, 148, 173, 182
- Cognitive grammar190, 192, 195
- Common signs146, 154,
176–177
- Communication, regulatory functions inx
- communicative ecology
146–147
, 182
- comparing sign languages39,
110–114
, 178, 189
- concurrent actionvi, 18, 32, 75,
77–89
, 96, 104
- Culture signvii,
159–164
,
166–168
D
- Deaf community sign language
153–154
,
176–178
- Deaf education152,
154–156
- deafness
147–148
, 159, 177, 179, 187
- distance6, 22, 25, 45,
68–69
, 73, 122,
132–133
, 137, 151
E
- enactmentvi, 8, 14, 25, 27,
30–34
,
40–41
, 43,
45–53
,
55–63
, 65, 80, 86, 95, 111, 137
- Enga Sign Languagexii, 7, 37, 100, 110, 112, 143
- Engaiii, v, vii, ix,
xi–xiii
, xv,
1–3
,
5–7
, 14,
16–18
,
20–32
,
37–38
,
41–42
,
44–46
, 52, 54, 60, 65,
73–75
,
81–82
,
92–93
, 95, 97, 100, 107,
109–113
, 118, 121, 126, 134, 141,
143–144
,
166–167
, 173,
175–176
, 178, 181,
185–191
,
193–195
- Englishxvii, 7, 9, 14, 17, 54,
59–60
, 107, 118, 148, 154,
156–160
, 187
- ethnographicv,
2–3
, 160, 181, 188
F
- facial expressionx, xii, 14,
34–35
,
81–82
, 85,
87–88
, 111,
115–116
, 126, 138, 188
- facial expression, facial displays .x, xii, 8,
14–15
, 28,
30–31
,
34–35
, 42,
81–82
,
85–88
, 92100,
104–107
,
111–112
,
115–116
, 126, 131, 138, 149, 188
- Family sign language
148–149
, 176
- Fijian Sign Language152, 160
G
- gazex, xii, 28, 31, 65,
67–68
, 71,
82–86
, 92, 101, 106, 115, 131, 188
- gesture, definition ofx, 15,
17–18
- hearing assimilated to sign178
- double palm presentation146
- interpersonal
50–51
, 80, 86
- Kendon’s concept of
185–187
,
189–196
- grammar
5–6
,
93–94
, 116, 118,
149–150
, 154, 156,
158–159
,
179–180
,
186–187
,
189–190
,
194–195
H
- hand shapes, as used in Enga signing
23–24
- head and face14, 21, 29, 31, 34, 104
- head22,
28–29
, 32, 42
- as part of concurrent action
129–133
, 173
- headshake33, 70, 73,
76–78
,
101–103
, 117, 129
- Highlands region, Papua New Guinea
143–148
- Homesign -145
37–39
, 41, 43, 45, 47, 49, 51, 53, 55, 57, 59, 61, 63,
109–110
, 116, 119, 153,
161–162
, 166, 174, 186
I
- Imanoli
ix–x
, xii, 1,
5–9
,
12–16
, 23, 27,
33–35
, 38,
41–42
,
49–51
,
67–72
,
76–79
,
82–88
, 92,
95–107
,
122–127
,
129–131
,
133–137
, 146, 151, 152, 164, 177
- Human Studies Film Archivexv, 121
- interaction
ix–x
, 1, 27,
75–76
, 81, 88,
115–117
, 145, 147, 150,
152–153
, 158, 163, 174, 178, 181, 185, 187
- Interpreting, Papua New Guinea156,
158–159
, 162, 163
- Islands region, Papua New Guinea
151–152
K
- Kasapuix, xii,
2–3
,
6–7
,
34–35
,
67–72
,
76–77
,
79–80
, 82, 84,
87–88
, 98, 143
- kinesicsvii,
x–xi
, 19, 38, 75, 103, 107, 117, 115, 193
- Ku Waru
144–148
, 164,
166–168
, 174, 176, 182
L
- Lang, Ranierix,
xii–xiii
,
5–6
,
67–68
, 71, 98, 100, 107
- language versus gesture
191–192
- languagingxii, 182, 188, 192
- Lanyelaix, 1,
6–7
,
13–16
,
34–35
, 42, 65,
67–70
, 72,
76–77
, 79,
97–105
, 107,
122–137
,
170–171
- Lexical comparison166,
175–176
- linguistic perspective186
- Local sign languages146, 178
- local sign network
144–145
- Local sign networks
144–146
- locus of articulation
19–22
,
24–28
, 37, 109
- looking8, 35, 68, 70,
83–84
, 86, 88, 101,
103–104
, 106, 135, 188, 191
- Lyangatapa7, 9,
34–35
,
67–70
,
77–79
,
82–84
,
87–88
, 95, 98
M
- manual counting systems147, 174
- measuringvi, 15, 40,
44–45
, 52,
56–59
- Mehek
149–150
, 162, 167,
175–176
, 180
- Melanesian Sign Language (MSL)
154–157
,
159–169
- Melanesian Sign Language145,
154–155
- metacommunicative functionsvi, 85
- Momase region, Papua New Guinea
149–151
- mouth15, 22,
32–33
, 35, 42,
48–49
,
60–61
, 84, 86, 88, 96,
123–126
,
129–131
, 134, 136, 147, 155, 182, 192
- movement, in signing8,
11–12
,
18–20
,
24–28
, 31, 33, 37, 41,
43–45
,
47–49
,
51–53
,
55–56
,
60–62
, 67, 71,
95–97
, 99, 109, 111, 113,
116–117
,
131–132
, 134, 147,
165–166
, 185, 189, 194
- moving pointsvi, 71, 88, 188
N
- Ngangane Waipilix, xii, 1,
5–9
, 13,
16–18
, 33,
34–35
, 38,
49–50
, 53,
67–68
,
70–71
, 73,
76–79
,
82–85
, 88,
95–102
,
104–105
,
121–122
,
125–134
,
136–138
, 168
- New Zealand Sign Language152
P
- palm presentation
101–104
, 107
- Papua New Guinea Sign Language (PNGSL)
153–160
,
176–177
, 178
- Papua region, Papua New Guinea
148–149
- passage of time17, 37,
98–99
- phonology19, 116,
166–168
, 179
- Pitta Pitta sign language
54–55
, 57,
60–61
, 63, 110
- Plains Indian Sign Language20, 28, 39, 91, 93
- pointingvi, 2, 18, 23, 30, 35,
40–43
, 47,
50–51
,
61–63
,
65–74
, 76, 99,
109–111
, 122, 127,
131–132
, 134, 137,
149–151
, 162, 188
- pronominal referencevi, 47, 66, 68, 157, 188
Q
- Queensland29, 54, 57, 110, 118
- question, interrogativevii, x,
1–2
, 11, 15, 33, 35, 37,
40–42
,
45–46
,
60–62
, 72, 76, 81, 85, 91,
100–107
, 109,
111–112
,
137–138
, 144, 148, 174, 189, 194
R
- realization devicesvi, 2,
53–55
, 57,
59–60
, 63,
110–111
- referentvi, 2, 27,
37–42
, 40,
46–47
,
52–53
, 63, 71, 93, 95,
109–111
, 113,
164–165
, 167, 174
- Rennell Island153, 169, 175
S
- sawmill sign language in British Columbia
29–30
, 39, 54, 57,
60–63
, 110, 118, 163
- shrug33, 107, 124, 185, 192, 194
- Sign Language, general processes in 62-
18–20
63,
112–114
- sign, definition of12, 18
- Sign networks
144–146
,
173–174
- Signed English154,
156–157
, 159
- signed languages119, 141, 180,
185–191
,
195–196
- signed utterance11, 75, 93, 112, 193
- simultaneous signingvi,
75–77
- Sinasina144, 148, 173, 176, 182
- Solomon Islands Sign Language (SISL)
152–153
,
176–177
- Solomon Islandsvii, xiii,
141–143
, 145, 147, 149,
151–155
, 157, 159, 161, 163, 165, 167, 169, 171, 173,
175–177
, 179, 181, 183
- space and person reference73
- space11, 14, 16, 19,
21–22
,
24–25
,
28–31
,
43–45
,
51–52
, 66, 68,
70–74
,
94–95
, 97,
112–113
, 116, 127, 166, 181, 183, 188, 189, 195
- speech
x–xi
, 60, 75, 77, 86, 92, 105, 107, 112, 113, 146, 150, 157, 161, 187
- spoken languagexi, 11,
19–20
, 30,
59–60
,
75–76
,
106–107
,
112–113
, 141,
147–148
, 150, 152, 154, 157, 160, 168, 187,
189–191
- Swedish Sign Language141, 149
T
- temporal referencevii, 2, 57, 91, 94, 97, 99, 115, 134
- Tok Pisinix, 9,
147–150
,
156–161
- touch21, 68, 96, 122, 124, 136
U
- universal sign language113
- utterance dedicated1, 186, 190
- utterancev, ix, xii, xvii, 1,
8–9
,
11–13
, 15,
17–18
, 35,
67–68
,
70–71
, 75,
77–88
,
92–93
, 96,
98–100
,
105–107
, 112, 115, 117, 181,
185–186
,
189–190
, 193, 195
V
- verbsvii,
94–95
, 116, 157, 187
- village sign language148,
177–178
,
182–183
- visible bodily action
x–xi
, 1, 117, 186, 188, 191,
193–194
, 195
W
- Wanib sign langauge150, 162, 167, 175
- Warlpiri sign language32, 60