Irish Sign Language [[electronic resource] ] : a cognitive linguistic account / / Lorraine Leeson and John I. Saeed

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910786207903321
• Autore: Leeson Lorraine
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Edinburgh, : Edinburgh University Press, 2012
• ISBN: 0-7486-5629-4
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (257 p.)
• Altri autori (Persone): SaeedJohn I
• Disciplina: 419
• Soggetti: Irish Sign Language
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Copyright; Contents; Figures and Tables; Preface; 1 Introduction; 2 What Is a Signed Language?; 3 The Historical and Social Context; 4 The Phonetics and Phonology of ISL; 5 Infl ectional and Derivational Morphology; 6 The ISL Lexicon; 7 Syntax; 8 Discourse; 9 Towards a Cognitive Account of Signed Languages; References; Index of Names; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities of iconic representation in signing space; the role of simultaneous construction; and the grammar of ISL. All examples listed are drawn f