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Record Nr.

UNISA996509967303316

Autore

Palfreyman Nick

Titolo

Variation in Indonesian Sign Language : A Typological and Sociolinguistic Analysis / / Nick Palfreyman

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Berlin ; ; Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2019]

©2019

ISBN

1-5015-0476-2

1-5015-0482-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (370 pages)

Collana

Sign Language Typology [SLT] ; ; 8

Disciplina

419/.598

Soggetti

Grammaticality (Linguistics)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- List of informants -- Transcription conventions -- Abbreviations for sign languages -- Map of Indonesia -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Analysing variation in sign language -- 3 A sociohistorical overview of the sign community -- 4 Research design and ethical considerations -- 5 The grammatical domain of completion -- 6 The grammatical domain of negation -- 7 Accounting for variation in Indonesian Sign Language -- 8 Integrating the perspectives of sign community members -- Appendix 1 - The naming and delineation of sign languages -- Appendix 2 - Coding scheme for completion and negation -- Bibliography -- Index of signs in the text -- Language index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

This pioneering work on Indonesian Sign Language (BISINDO) explores the linguistic and social factors that lie behind variation in the grammatical domains of negation and completion. Using a corpus of spontaneous data from signers in the cities of Solo and Makassar, Palfreyman applies an innovative blend of methods from sign language typology and Variationist Sociolinguistics, with findings that have important implications for our understanding of grammaticalisation in sign languages. The book will be of interest to linguists and sociolinguists, including those without prior experience of sign language research, and to all who are curious about the history of



Indonesia's urban sign community. Nick Palfreyman is a Leverhulme Early Career Research Fellow at the International Institute for Sign Languages and Deaf Studies (iSLanDS), University of Central Lancashire.