A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology

Author: Diane Brentari
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0262024454
Category: Medical

A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology (Language, Speech, and Communication)

This book is intended in part to provide linguists and cognitive scientists who do not know sign language with a point of entry into the study of sign language phonology. Download A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology medical books for free.
At the same time, it presents a comprehensive theory of American Sign Language (ASL) phonology, while reviewing and building on alternative theories. One claim of this theoretical framework is that, because of sign language's visual/gestural phonetic basis, the consonant-like units and vowel-like units are expressed simultaneously with one another, rather than sequentially as in spoken languages. A second claim is that movements operate as the most basic prosodic units of the language. The author is concerned to show both the similarities and differences between signed and sp Get A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology our bestseller medical books.

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