Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Table of Contents V
3. Part 1: Introduction
4. Semantic fields in sign languages – A comparative typological study 3
5. Part 2: European sign languages
6. Colour terms, kinship terms and numerals in Estonian Sign Language 41
7. Colours and Numerals in Spanish Sign Language (LSE) 73
8. A typological look at kinship terms, colour terms and numbers in Finnish Sign Language 123
9. Kinship terminology in Czech Sign Language 163
10. Why is the SKY BLUE? On colour signs in Icelandic Sign Language 209
11. Part 3: Non-European sign languages
12. Numeral signs and compounding in Chinese Sign Language (CSL) 253
13. Colour terms in Indonesian sign language varieties: A preliminary study. 269
14. Aspects of number and kinship terms in Japanese Sign Language 301
15. Kinship and colour terms in Mexican Sign Language 333
16. Number, colour and kinship in New Zealand Sign Language 351
17. Language index 385
18. Subject index 389