sign language phonology: summary

[Ulrike Zeshan]

Dear list,

a couple of weeks ago I posted a query about the current state of research
in sign language phonology. I am summarizing the responses I got below.
Responses came from Judith Labath, Onno Crasborn, Claudia Becker, Rachel
Channon, Franz Dotter. Thanks to all of you.

Major current models have been proposed by Brentari, van der Hulst et al.,
Liddell & Johnson,  Perlmutter and Padden, Sandler, and Uyechi. A reference
I personally found useful as a first orientation to the topic (not
suggested by the list) is this overview article:

Brentari, Diane: 'Sign Language Phonology: ASL.' In: Goldsmith, John (ed.):
The Handbook of phonological theory. Blackwell Publihsers 1995.

The following hints and references from the responses are grouped by language:


ASL:

Brentari, Diane (19??): A Prosodic Model of Sign Language Phonology. MIT
Press.

Crain, Rachel Channon. 1996.Representing a Sign as a Single Segment in
American Sign Language. in Proceedings of the Thirteenth Eastern States
Conference on Linguistics 96 (ESCOL).13, 46-57, edited by Antony Dubach
Green and Virginia Motopanyane. Ithaca NY: Cornell University.


Sign Language of the Netherlands:

Look at this webpage: http://www.leidenuniv.nl/hil/sign-lang/


German Sign Language:

Claudia Becker. 1997. Zur Struktur der Deutschen Gebärdensprache. Trier:
Wissenschaftlicher Verlag Trier (Fokus Bd. 20)

Several articles in German in 'Das Zeichen' by Helen Leuninger (Frankfurt)
and her group, about slips of the hands.


I have summarized responses as they arrived, without filtering or
evaluating them for the list.


Ulrike Zeshan
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Dr. Ulrike Zeshan
Senior Research Associate
Research Centre for Linguistic Typology
La Trobe University
Bundoora VIC 3083
Australia
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u.zeshan at latrobe.edu.au
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