Perspectives on classifier constructions in sign language /
[Book]
edited by Karen Emmorey
Mahwah, N.J. :
Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,
2003
x, 339 pages :
illustrations ;
26 cm
Includes bibliographical references and indexes
Part I: The Syntax and Morphology of Classifiers in Sign Language -- 1. Rethinking 'Classifiers' in Signed Languages / Adam Schembri -- 2. Noun and Verbal Classifiers in Swedish Sign Language / Brita Bergman and Lars Wallin -- 3. Classifier Constructions and Morphology in Two Sign Languages / Mark Aronoff, Irit Meir, Carol Padden and Wendy Sandler -- 4. Classifiers in Spoken and in Signed Languages: How to Know More / Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald -- 5. Classifier Systems in the Context of a Typology of Nominal Classification / Colette Grinevald -- Part II: Cross-Linguistic Variations in Classifier Constructions and Spatial Language -- 6. 'Classificatory' Constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language: Grammaticalization and Lexicalization Processes / Ulrike Zeshan -- 7. Verbs of Motion and Location in Hong Kong Sign Language: Conflation and Lexicalization / Gladys Tang -- 8. The Representation of Spatial Structure in Spoken and Signed Language / Leonard Talmy -- Part III: Classifier Constructions and Gesture -- 9. Sources of Meaning in ASL Classifier Predicates / Scott K. Liddell -- 10. Categorical Versus Gradient Properties of Classifier Constructions in ASL / Karen Emmorey and Melissa Herzig -- 11. Revisiting Visual Analogy in ASL Classifier Predicates / Ted Supalla -- 12. Gesture in Language: Issues for Sign Language Research / Susan Duncan -- Part IV: The Acquisition of Classifier Constructions -- 13. A Cognitive/Functional Perspective on the Acquisition of "Classifiers" / Dan I. Slobin, Nini Hoiting, Marlon Kuntze, Reyna Lindert, Amy Weinberg, Jennie Pyers, Michelle Anthony, Yael Biederman and Helen Thumann -- 14. Development of Reference Switching Encoded Through Body Classifiers in British Sign Language -- 15. How Composite is a Fall? Adults' and Childrens' Descriptions of Different Types of Falls in Danish Sign Language / Elizabeth Engberg-Pedersen
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Categorization (Linguistics), Congresses
Sign language-- Classifiers, Congresses
Sign language, Congresses
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HV2474
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W66
2000
Emmorey, Karen
Workshop on Classifier Constructions(2000 :, La Jolla, San Diego, Calif.)