Sign multilingualism / / Jenny Webster, Ulrike Zeshan.
This volume has arisen from a three-part, five-year study on language contact among multilingual sign language users, which has three strands: cross-signing, sign-switching, and sign-speaking. These phenomena are only sparsely documented so far, and thus the volume is highly innovative and presents...
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Place / Publishing House: | Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Mouton,, [2019] ©2020 |
Year of Publication: | 2019 |
Language: | English |
Series: | Sign language typology series ;
7. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource (308 pages). |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- About this book -- Forces shaping sign multilingualism -- Repair in cross-signing: Trouble sources, repair strategies and communicative success -- Two languages at hand - Code-switching in bilingual deaf signers -- Stabilisation of the lexicon in an emerging jargon: The development of signs to express animate referents in a sign language contact situation -- A minimalist perspective on code blending in TİD - Turkish bimodal bilingualism -- Blending languages: Bimodal bilinguals and language synthesis -- Methodological innovations in sign multilingualism research -- Burundi Sign Language-Indian Sign Language bilinguals' community of practice -- A community profile of "sign-speakers" at the Indore Deaf Bilingual Academy -- Micro-communities of practice: A case study of cross-signing participants in the UK -- Micro-communities of practice: A case study of cross-signing participants in India -- Community profile of an international group of sign language users: Linguistic and social aspects -- Language Index -- Subject Index |
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Summary: | This volume has arisen from a three-part, five-year study on language contact among multilingual sign language users, which has three strands: cross-signing, sign-switching, and sign-speaking. These phenomena are only sparsely documented so far, and thus the volume is highly innovative and presents data and analyses not previously available. |
ISBN: | 1501503383 1501503529 |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Jenny Webster, Ulrike Zeshan. |