SLDC first to volumes out

Wed Jan 15 22:17:15 UTC 2014

Hi folks

I am looking for references on acquisition of sign languages by signers of other sign languages (e.g. users of ASL learning NGT, etc.).  At this point, the inquiry is pretty open, so if you know of any work (simultaneous or sequential bilingualism, in childhood or in adulthood, by deaf or hearing individuals, published or unpublished, etc.), please share.  Any help is much appreciated. 

Please email me directly: elena.koulidobrova at ccsu.edu.  Thanks in advance.

HK

On Friday, January 10, 2014 11:48 AM, "Steinbach, Dr. Markus" <steinbac at UNI-MAINZ.DE> wrote:

The first two volumes of the new series on Sign Languages and Deaf Communities (SLDC) have now been published:

Volume 1: Laurence Meurant, Aurélie Sinte, Mieke van Herreweghe, and Myriam Vermeerbergen (eds.) (2013): Sign language research, uses and practices. Crossing views on theoretical and applied sign language linguistics. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton and Ishara Press.

The uses and practices of sign languages are strongly related to scientific research on sign languages and vice versa. Conversely, sign linguistics cannot be separated from Deaf community practices, including practices in education and interpretation. Therefore, the current volume brings together work on sign language interpreting, the use of spoken and sign language with deaf children with cochlear implants and early language development in children exposed to both a spoken and sign language, and reports on recent research on aspects of sign language structure. It also includes papers addressing methodological issues in sign language research.
The book presents papers by "more seasoned" researchers and "new kids on the block", as well as papers in which the two collaborate. The contributions will be of interest to all those interested in linguistics, sociolinguistics, cultural studies, interpreting and education. It will have particular relevance to those interested in sign linguistics, sociolinguistics of deaf communities, Deaf studies, Deaf culture, sign language interpretation, sign language teaching, and (spoken/signed) bilingualism. Given the scarcity of literature on "Deaf studies", the book will also appeal widely beyond the traditional academic milieu. As a result, it has relevance for those teaching and learning sign languages, for professional and student interpreters and for teachers of the deaf.

Volume 2: Annika Herrmann (2013): Modal and focus particles in sign languages. A cross-linguistic study. Berlin: de Gruyter Mouton and Ishara Press

Bringing together the research fields of sign language linguistics and information structure, this book focuses on the realization of modal particles and focus particles in three European sign languages: German Sign Language, Sign Language of the Netherlands, and Irish Sign Language. As a cross-linguistic investigation based on a systematic methodological approach, the study analyzes the results particularly with regard to nonmanual features expressed by articulators such as the body, head, and face. The analyses of the data provide interesting insights into the syntax-prosody interface in sign languages and the interaction of syntax and prosody in general.
Modal and focus particles have not been thoroughly investigated in sign languages. This volume presents the first study on this phenomenon and is thus an innovative contribution to the field. From a methodological and theoretical perspective, it draws on up-to-date linguistic tools and provides professionally elicited and annotated data. The book accounts for the results within existing theoretical models. Given its specific focus on nonmanuals, the book contributes to recent debates on information structure and the syntax-prosody interface and will be of special interest to both sign and spoken language linguists.

Forthcoming volumes:
Volume 3: Susanne Mohr (to appear): Explaining mouth actions in sign languages. An empirical study of Irish Sign Language.
Volume 4: Gemma Barberà Altimira (to appear): The meaning of space in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Reference, specificity and structure in signed discourse.

Series editors: Annika Herrmann, Markus Steinbach and Ulrike Zeshan
http://www.uni-goettingen.de/de/205798.html
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