How does sign language compare with gesture, on the one hand, and spoken language on
the other? Sign was once viewed as nothing more than a system of pictorial gestures without …

This is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of
Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of …

Sign languages have two strikingly different kinds of morphological structure: sequential and
simultaneous. The simultaneous morphology of two unrelated sign languages, American …

A proposta deste capítulo será definir bilingüismo em contextos educacionais, mais
especificamente, no contexto da educação de surdos no Brasil. Há várias discussões sobre …

In signed languages, the arguments of verbs can be marked by a system of verbal
modification that has been termed “agreement”(more neutrally,“directionality”). Fundamental …

要旨 This study investigates the morphological and morphosyntactic characteristics of hand
configurations in signs, particularly in Nederlandse Gebarentaal (NGT). The literature on …

Pointing signs are used for pronominal reference (among many other functions) in sign
languages. Many pointing signs do not look very different from non-signers' pointing …

The sign language phenomenon that some scholars refer to as “agreement” has triggered
controversial discussions among sign language linguists. Crucially, it has been argued to …

One type of internal diachronic change that has been extensively studied for spoken
languages is grammaticalization whereby lexical elements develop into free or bound …

In this paper, we present arguments for an analysis of indicating verbs, building on Liddell
(2000), as a typologically unique, unimodal fusion of morphemes and pointing gestures …