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Publication details [#18881]

Woll, Bencie and Rachel Sutton-Spence. 1998. The Linguistics of British Sign Language. An Introduction. Cambridge University Press.
Publication type
Book – monograph
Publication language
English
Keywords
language use | linguistics | sign language | sociolinguistics | spoken language
Language as a subject
Sign Language, British

Annotation

This book introduces the reader to British Sign Language, provides comparisons with other Sign Languages and highlights contrast with spoken British English, and discusses sociolinguistic facts about its current use.

Reviewed by

Farnell, Brenda. 2002. Review of $The Linguistics of British Sign Language. An Introduction.
Tervoort, Bernard T. 2000. Review of $The Linguistics of British Sign Language. An Introduction.