20.843, Books: Syntax/Typology: Hendriks

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Title: Jordanian Sign Language 
Subtitle: Aspects of grammar from a cross-linguistic perspective 
Series Title: LOT Dissertation Series 193  

Publication Year: 2008 
Publisher: Netherlands Graduate School of Linguistics / Landelijke - LOT
	   http://www.lotpublications.nl/
	
Author: Bernadet Hendriks

Paperback: ISBN:  9789078328674 Pages: 267 Price: Europe EURO 24.58


Abstract:

Jordanian Sign Language (Lughat al-Ish¯ara al-Urdunia, LIU) is the sign
language used by Deaf people in Jordan. It appears to be a relatively young
language, although not much is known about its history. It is mutually
intelligible with most other sign languages used in Arab countries in the
Middle East. 

This study is the first in-depth study of grammatical structures in a
Middle Eastern Arab sign language. It provides a lexical comparison of
different sign languages from the Middle East and gives a brief overview of
the grammar of LIU. Selected aspects of the grammar of LIU, notably
negation, possession, manual simultaneity and perspective are described in
more depth and compared to descriptions of other sign languages, revealing
both interesting similarities and differences. This raises the question in
how far cross-linguistic similarities between sign languages are related to
the relative youth of sign languages, and in how far grammatical
differences can be explained by age differences between sign languages.
Data for this study were gathered during a period of six years at the Holy
Land Institute for the Deaf in Jordan, where the author worked as a
linguist and teacher.

This book is of interest to scholars of sign linguistics, linguistic
typology, Arabic linguistics, and Deaf studies. 



Linguistic Field(s): Syntax
                     Typology

Subject Language(s): Jordanian Sign Language (jos)


Written In: English  (eng)
	
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