Chapter 12. YSL in cross-linguistic perspective

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgements V
3. Contents VII
4. List of figures XIII
5. List of tables XVII
6. Abbreviations XVIII
7. Sign language acronyms XIX
8. Glossary XXI
9. Notational conventions XXII
10. Part I. Introduction
11. Chapter 1. Introduction 3
12. Chapter 2. Sign language types 10
13. Part II. Sociolinguistic Background & Methodology
14. Chapter 3. Cultural and sociolinguistic context 35
15. Chapter 4. Data collection 54
16. Part III.Selected Aspects of YSL Grammar
17. Chapter 5. Phonological aspects 75
18. Chapter 6. Syntactic aspects 101
19. Part IV. Use of Space
20. Chapter 7. The size of signing space 123
21. Chapter 8. Pronominal reference 127
22. Chapter 9. Verb directionality 156
23. Chapter 10. Expression of motion 186
24. Chapter 11. Expression of size and shape 209
25. Part V. Discussion & Conclusion
26. Chapter 12. YSL in cross-linguistic perspective 217
27. Chapter 13. Concluding remarks 229
28. Appendix I: List of YSL handshapes 231
29. Appendix II: Figures 233
30. Appendix III: Data 234
31. Notes 235
32. References 247
33. Index 275
34. Curriculum vitae 279