02424nam 2200505 a 450 991078620790332120170816130122.00-7486-5629-4(CKB)2670000000276717(EBL)1069077(OCoLC)818846741(SSID)ssj0000798820(PQKBManifestationID)12343540(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798820(PQKBWorkID)10743610(PQKB)11741574(MiAaPQ)EBC1069077(PPN)230238238(EXLCZ)99267000000027671720120724d2012 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrIrish Sign Language[electronic resource] a cognitive linguistic account /Lorraine Leeson and John I. SaeedEdinburgh Edinburgh University Press20121 online resource (257 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-7486-3823-7 Includes bibliographical references and indexes.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 IndexAs 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 fIrish Sign LanguageIrish Sign Language.419Leeson Lorraine1533305Saeed John I221761MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910786207903321Irish Sign Language3780162UNINA