Perspectives on Classifier Constructions

[Lillie Rosario]

Would this book help me in learning classifications for American Sign
Language?
Thanks for your response,
Lili





>From: Karen Emmorey <emmorey at LCN.SALK.EDU>
>Reply-To: "For the discussion of linguistics and signed languages."
>      <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
>To: SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA
>Subject: Perspectives on Classifier Constructions
>Date: Mon, 5 May 2003 19:03:57 -0700
>
>To SL-Listers,
>
>I'm happy to announce that the "Classifier Volume" is out and
>available at a book store or website near you (www.erlbaum.com or
>amazon.com)!  Those of you who ordered advanced copies should be
>receiving them shortly, if you haven't already.
>
>Here is the Table of Contents:
>
>Perspectives on Classifier Constructions in Sign Languages
>Karen Emmorey (Editor)
>Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Publishers, 2003.
>
>Part I:  The Syntax and Morphology of Classifiers in Sign Languages
>1. Rethinking 'Classifiers' in Signed Languages
>Adam Schembri
>
>2. Noun and Verbal Classifiers in Swedish Sign Language
>Brita Bergman and Lars Wallin
>
>3. Classifier Constructions and Morphology in Two Sign Languages
>Mark Aronoff, Irit Meir, Carol Padden, and Wendy Sandler
>
>Commentary
>4. Classifiers in Spoken and in Signed Languages:  How to Know More
>Alexandra Y. Aikhenvald
>
>5. Classifier Systems in the Context of a Typology of Nominal
>Classification
>Colette Grinevald
>
>Part II:  Cross-Linguistic Variation in Classifier Constructions and
>Spatial Language
>6. 'Classificatory' Constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign Language:
>Grammaticalization and Lexicalization Processes
>Ulrike Zeshan
>
>7. Verbs of Motion and Location in Hong Kong Sign Language:
>Conflation and Lexicalization
>Gladys Tang
>
>Commentary
>8. The Representation of Spatial Structure in Spoken and Signed Language
>Leonard Talmy
>
>Part III: Classifier Constructions and Gesture
>9.  Sources of Meaning in ASL Classifier Predicates
>Scott Liddell
>
>10.  Categorical Versus Gradient Properties of Classifier Constructions in
>ASL
>Karen Emmorey and Melissa Herzig
>
>Commentary
>11. Revisiting Visual Analogy in ASL Classifier Predicates
>Ted Supalla
>
>12. Gesture in Language:  Issues for Sign Language Research
>Susan Duncan
>
>Part IV: The Acquisition of Classifier Constructions
>13. A Cognitive/Functional Perspective on the Acquisition of "classifiers"
>Dan I. Slobin, Nini Hoiting, Marlon Kuntze, Reyna Lindert, Amy Weinberg,
>Jennie Pyers, Michelle Anthony, Yael Biederman, and Helen Thumann
>
>14. The Development of Reference Switching Encoded Through Body
>Classifiers in British Sign Language
>Gary Morgan and Bencie Woll
>
>15, How Composite is a Fall?  Adults' and Childrens' Descriptions of
>Different Types of Falls in Danish Sign Language
>Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen


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