Contents
Preface
Part One: Phonology
Why Not GIVE US: An Articulatory Constraint in Signed Languages - Gaurav Mathur and Christian Rathmann
Weak Drop in Sign Language of the Netherlands - Els van der Kooij
Part Two: Morphology and Syntax
The Discourse Function of Noun Classifiers in Swedish Sign Language - Brita Bergman and Lars Wallin
Signs without Hands: Nonhanded Signs in American Sign Language - Valerie L. Dively
Motion and Transfer: The Analysis of Two Verb Classes in Israeli Sign Language - Irit Meir
Part Three: Psycholinguistics
Functional Consequences of Modality: Spatial Coding in Working Memory for Signs - Margaret Wilson and Karen Emmorey
Part Four: Language Acquisition
Proximalization and Distalization of Sign Movement in Adult Learners - Gene Mirus, Christian Rathmann, and Richard P. Meier
The Emergence of Narrative Discourse in Two Young Deaf Children - Astrid Vercaingne-Ménard, Lucie Godard, and Marie Labelle
Part Five: Sociolinguistics
Analyzing Variation in Sign Languages:Theoretical and Methodological Issues - Rob Hoopes, Mary Rose, Robert Bayley, Ceil Lucas, Alyssa Wulf, Karen Petronio, and Steven Collins
Politeness and Venezuelan Sign Language - Lourdes Pietrosemoli
ASL in Northern Nigeria: Will Hausa Sign Language Survive? - Constanze Schmaling
Part Six: Poetics
Complex Superposition of Metaphors in an ASL Poem - Sarah F. Taub
British Sign Language Poetry: A Linguistic Analysis of the Work of Dorothy Miles - Rachel Sutton-Spence
Appendix: Transcription Conventions
Contributors
Index