Sign Languages Of Aboriginal Australia

Author : Adam Kendon
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521360080
Total Pages : 563 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sign Languages of Aboriginal Australia written by Adam Kendon and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988 with total page 563 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This 1988 book was the first full-length study ever to be published on the subject of sign language as a means of communication among Australian Aborigines. Based on fieldwork conducted over a span of nine years, the volume presents a thorough analysis of the structure of sign languages and their relationship to spoken languages.

Author : Anastasia Bauer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1614518971
Total Pages : 255 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia written by Anastasia Bauer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main interest is the manifestation of signing space - the articulatory space surrounding the signers - for grammatical purposes in Yolngu Sign Language.

Author : D. Umiker-Sebeok
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1468424092
Total Pages : 469 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Sign Languages of The Americas and Australia written by D. Umiker-Sebeok and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2013-03-09 with total page 469 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 1. THE SEMIOTIC CHARACTER OF ABORIGINAL SIGN LANGUAGES In our culture, language, especially in its spoken manifestation, is the much vaunted hallmark of humanity, the diagnostic trait of man that has made possible the creation of a civilization unknown to any other terrestrial organism. Through our inheritance of a /aculte du langage, culture is in a sense bred inta man. And yet, language is viewed as a force wh ich can destroy us through its potential for objectification and classification. According to popular mythology, the naming of the animals of Eden, while giving Adam and Eve a certain power over nature, also destroyed the prelinguistic harmony between them and the rest of the natural world and contributed to their eventual expulsion from paradise. Later, the post-Babel development of diverse language families isolated man from man as weIl as from nature (Steiner 1975). Language, in other words, as the central force animating human culture, is both our salvation and damnation. Our constant war with words (Shands 1971) is waged on both internal and external battlegrounds. This culturally determined ambivalence toward language is particularly appar ent when we encounter humans or hominoid animals who, for one reason or another, must rely upon gestural forms of communication.

Author : Trevor Johnston
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139459635
Total Pages : 338 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Sign Language (Auslan) written by Trevor Johnston and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 338 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of the structure of Auslan, providing an accessible overview of its grammar (how sentences are structured), phonology (the building blocks of signs), morphology (the structure of signs), lexicon (vocabulary), semantics (how meaning is created), and discourse (how Auslan is used in context). The authors also discuss a range of myths and misunderstandings about sign languages, provide an insight into the history and development of Auslan, and show how Auslan is related to other sign languages, such as those used in Britain, the USA and New Zealand. Complete with clear illustrations of the signs in use and useful further reading lists, this is an ideal resource for anyone interested in Auslan, as well as those seeking a clear, general introduction to sign language linguistics.

Author : Thomas Albert Sebeok
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.03/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia written by Thomas Albert Sebeok and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : D. Jean Umiker-Sebeok
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.06/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Aboriginal Sign Languages of the Americas and Australia written by D. Jean Umiker-Sebeok and published by . This book was released on 1978 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Julie Bakken Jepsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 150150102X
Total Pages : 1018 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sign Languages of the World written by Julie Bakken Jepsen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-10-16 with total page 1018 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the languages of particular regions or genetic families, only a few cover sign languages or even include a substantial amount of information on them. This handbook provides information on some 38 sign languages, including basic facts about each of the languages, structural aspects, history and culture of the Deaf communities, and history of research. This information will be of interest not just to general audiences, including those who are deaf, but also to linguists and students of linguistics. By providing information on sign languages in a manner accessible to a less specialist audience, this volume fills an important gap in the literature.

Author : Michael Christie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780992437329
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages written by Michael Christie and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Living Archive of Aboriginal Languages project established an open access online repository comprising digital versions of the materials produced in Literature Production Centres for bilingual education programs in Australian Indigenous languages in the Northern Territory.

Author : Jean Umiker-Sebeok
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110865025
Total Pages : 641 pages
Book Rating : 4.28/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Monastic Sign Languages written by Jean Umiker-Sebeok and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2011-08-02 with total page 641 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Trevor Johnston
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.31/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Australian Sign Language (Auslan) written by Trevor Johnston and published by . This book was released on 2007-01-18 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first comprehensive introduction to Auslan, exploring key aspects of its structure and use.