Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction 1
4. Part 1: Manuals: Numerals, classifiers, modal verbs
5. Historical relationships between numeral signs in Japanese Sign Language, South Korean Sign Language and Taiwan Sign Language 5
6. Phonological processes in complex word formation in Shanghai Sign Language 37
7. Classifiers and gender in Korean Sign Language 71
8. Causative alternation in Tianjin Sign Language 101
9. Epistemic modal verbs and negation in Japanese Sign Language 137
10. Part 2: Non-manuals and space
11. The Korean Sign Language (KSL) corpus and its first application on a study about mouth actions 169
12. Negative polar questions in Hong Kong Sign Language 203
13. Analyzing head nod expressions by L2 learners of Japanese Sign Language: A comparison with native Japanese Sign Language signers 241
14. Composite utterances in Taiwan Sign Language 263
15. Time and timelines in Tibetan Sign Language (TSL) interactions in Lhasa 311
16. Index 347