LEADER 02424nam 2200505 a 450 001 9910786207903321 005 20170816130122.0 010 $a0-7486-5629-4 035 $a(CKB)2670000000276717 035 $a(EBL)1069077 035 $a(OCoLC)818846741 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000798820 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12343540 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000798820 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10743610 035 $a(PQKB)11741574 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1069077 035 $a(PPN)230238238 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000276717 100 $a20120724d2012 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aIrish Sign Language$b[electronic resource] $ea cognitive linguistic account /$fLorraine Leeson and John I. Saeed 210 $aEdinburgh $cEdinburgh University Press$d2012 215 $a1 online resource (257 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a0-7486-3823-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and indexes. 327 $aCover; 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 330 $aAs 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 606 $aIrish Sign Language 615 0$aIrish Sign Language. 676 $a419 700 $aLeeson$b Lorraine$01533305 701 $aSaeed$b John I$0221761 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910786207903321 996 $aIrish Sign Language$93780162 997 $aUNINA