The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia

The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia
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Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Total Pages : 255
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ISBN-10 : 9781614518976
ISBN-13 : 1614518971
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Book Synopsis The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia by : Anastasia Bauer

Download or read book The Use of Signing Space in a Shared Sign Language of Australia written by Anastasia Bauer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 255 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main interest is the manifestation of signing space - the articulatory space surrounding the signers - for grammatical purposes in Yolngu Sign Language.


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