new book: The Linguistics of British Sign Language

[Mark Mandel]

Crossposted from LINGUIST List #10-1225
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Date: 18 Aug 99 13:56:02 -0700
From: Susan Cronin <scronin at cup.org>
Subject: The Linguistics of British Sign Language


The Linguistics of British Sign Language
An Introduction
Rachel Sutton-Spence, University of Bristol
Bencie Woll, City University, London

This is the first textbook dealing specifically with British sign
linguistics. It provides essential support for learners of British
Sign Language and others interested in the structure and use of BSL,
and assumes no previous knowledge of linguistics and sign
language. Technical terms and linguistic jargon are kept to a
minimum. The book contains over three hundred illustrations and an
index of signs and sign phrases.  There are also exercises and a
reading list for further independent study.

Contents:
Conventions used in the text; 1. Linguistics and sign linguistics;
2. BSL in its social context; 3. Constructing sign sentences;
4. Questions and negation; 5. Mouth patterns and non-manual features
in BSL; 6. Morphology and morphemes in BSL; 7.  Aspect, manner and
mood; 8. Space types and verb types in BSL; 9. The structure of
gestures and signs; 10. Visual motivation and metaphor; 11. The
established and productive lexicons; 12. Borrowing and naming signs;
13. Socially unacceptable signs; 14. Extended use of language in BSL;
Table of illustrations; Index; Index of signs; Bibliogaphy.

1999/322 pp.
0-521-63142-4/Hb/List: $64.95  Disc.: $51.96
0-521-63718-X/Pb/List: $24.95  Disc.: $19.96