Marked Hand Configurations in Asian Sign Languages

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Introduction: Phonetics, Phonology, Iconicity and Innateness 1
4. Part I. Observation
5. Marked Hand Configurations in Asian Sign Languages 19
6. The phonetics and phonology of the TİD (Turkish Sign Language) bimanual alphabet 43
7. Child-directed signing as a linguistic register 65
8. Part II. Experiment
9. Sign language comprehension: Insights from misperceptions of different phonological parameters 87
10. Lexical and Articulatory Influences on Phonological Processing in Taiwan Sign Language 107
11. When does a system become phonological? Potential sources of handshape contrast in sign languages 125
12. A phonological awareness test for deaf children using Brazilian Sign Language 151
13. Phonological category resolution in a new Sign Language: A comparative study of handshapes 177
14. American Sign Language Tone and Intonation: A Phonetic Analysis of Eyebrow Properties 203
15. Part III. Theory
16. Are dynamic features required in signs? 229
17. A constraint-based account of distributional differences in handshapes 261
18. ASL Movement Phonemes and Allophones 285
19. Movement types, Repetition, and Feature Organization in Hong Kong Sign Language 315
20. Language index 339
21. Subject index 341