Variation in Indonesian Sign Language : : A Typological and Sociolinguistic Analysis / / Nick Palfreyman.

This pioneering work on Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) explores the linguistic and social factors that lie behind variation in the grammatical domains of negation and completion. Using a corpus of spontaneous data from signers in the cities of Solo and Makassar, Palfreyman applies an innovative...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Contemporary Collection eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]
©2019
Year of Publication:2019
Language:English
Series:Sign Language Typology [SLT] ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (XXI, 348 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of tables --
List of figures --
Acknowledgements --
List of informants --
Transcription conventions --
Abbreviations for sign languages --
Map of Indonesia --
1 Introduction --
Part I: Background and research design --
2 Analysing variation in sign language --
3 A sociohistorical overview of the sign community --
4 Research design and ethical considerations --
Part II: Typological and sociolinguistic analysis --
5 The grammatical domain of completion --
6 The grammatical domain of negation --
7 Accounting for variation in Indonesian Sign Language --
Part III: Placing findings in the community context --
8 Integrating the perspectives of sign community members --
Appendix 1 – The naming and delineation of sign languages --
Appendix 2 – Coding scheme for completion and negation --
Bibliography --
Index of signs in the text --
Language index --
Subject Index
Summary:This pioneering work on Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) explores the linguistic and social factors that lie behind variation in the grammatical domains of negation and completion. Using a corpus of spontaneous data from signers in the cities of Solo and Makassar, Palfreyman applies an innovative blend of methods from sign language typology and Variationist Sociolinguistics, with findings that have important implications for our understanding of grammaticalisation in sign languages. The book will be of interest to linguists and sociolinguists, including those without prior experience of sign language research, and to all who are curious about the history of Indonesia’s urban sign community. Nick Palfreyman is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS), University of Central Lancashire.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9781501504822
9783110649826
9783110719567
9783110742978
9783110610765
9783110664232
9783110610307
9783110606287
DOI:10.1515/9781501504822
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: Nick Palfreyman.