Semantic fields in sign languages colour, kinship and quantification

Typological studies require a broad range of linguistic data from a variety of countries, especially developing nations whose languages are under-researched. This is especially challenging for investigations of sign languages, because there are no existing corpora for most of them, and some are comp...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Zeshan, Ulrike (auth), Zeshan, Ulrike, editor (editor), Sagara, Keiko, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston, [Massachusetts] ; Berlin, Germany ; Lancaster, England : De Gruyter 2016
2016.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Sign language typology series ; 6.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423662606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Table of Contents
  • Semantic fields in sign languages – A comparative typological study
  • Colour terms, kinship terms and numerals in Estonian Sign Language
  • Colours and Numerals in Spanish Sign Language (LSE)
  • A typological look at kinship terms, colour terms and numbers in Finnish Sign Language
  • Kinship terminology in Czech Sign Language
  • Why is the SKY BLUE? On colour signs in Icelandic Sign Language
  • Numeral signs and compounding in Chinese Sign Language (CSL)
  • Colour terms in Indonesian sign language varieties: A preliminary study.
  • Aspects of number and kinship terms in Japanese Sign Language
  • Kinship and colour terms in Mexican Sign Language
  • Number, colour and kinship in New Zealand Sign Language
  • Language index
  • Subject index