Sign multilingualism / / Jenny Webster, Ulrike Zeshan.

• HerausgeberIn: Webster, Jenny,; Zeshan, Ulrike,
• 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).
• 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
• ISBN: 1501503383; 1501503529
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: 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 data and analyses not previously available.