31.1250, Books: Sign Language in Papua New Guinea: Kendon

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Subject: 31.1250, Books: Sign Language in Papua New Guinea: Kendon

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Date: Thu, 02 Apr 2020 21:55:50
From: Karin Plijnaar [karin.plijnaar at benjamins.nl]
Subject: Sign Language in Papua New Guinea: Kendon

 


Title: Sign Language in Papua New Guinea 
Subtitle: A primary sign language from the Upper Lagaip Valley, Enga Province 
Publication Year: 2020 
Publisher: John Benjamins
	   http://www.benjamins.com/
	

Book URL: https://benjamins.com/catalog/z.226 


Author: Adam Kendon

Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261823 Pages: 201 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261823 Pages: 201 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Electronic: ISBN:  9789027261823 Pages: 201 Price: Europe EURO 95.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204530 Pages: 201 Price: U.S. $ 143.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204530 Pages: 201 Price: U.K. £ 80.00
Hardback: ISBN:  9789027204530 Pages: 201 Price: Europe EURO 100.70


Abstract:

This book presents in revised form and as a single monograph three papers on a
sign language from the Enga Province of Papua New Guinea. Originally published
in 1980, for more than twenty years these papers remained the only report of a
sign language from that part of the world. The detailed descriptive analyses
that the author provided are still fresh today, and in some respects they
anticipate insights into the nature of sign languages that were not further
explored until much more recently. The monograph is accompanied by two essays:
Sherman Wilcox comments on value and relevance of the author’s work in the
light of much more recent work on the linguistics of sign languages. An essay
by Lauren Reed and Alan Rumsey provides an up to date survey of what is now
known about sign languages in Papua New Guinea. Information about sign
languages in the Solomon Island is also included.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Linguistic Theories

Language Family(ies): Sign Language


Written In: English  (eng)

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