1 Introduction and Background of Kenyan Sign Language

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Acknowledgments VII
3. Contents IX
4. List of figures XV
5. List of tables XXVII
6. 1 Introduction and Background of Kenyan Sign Language 1
7. 2 Methodology 25
8. 3 Minimal pairs and the phonological analysis 55
9. 4 Handshape 108
10. 5 Location 152
11. 6 Core Articulatory Movements 232
12. 7 Manner of Movement 306
13. 8 Other distinctive features and characteristics of KSL signs 389
14. 9 Conclusion and future directions 418
15. Appendix 1: Fields in the KSL Lexical Database 423
16. Appendix 2: Representation of phonological structure in three models 426
17. Appendix 3: Inventory of KSL Handshapes 429
18. Appendix 4: Chart of Handshape minimal pair contrasts 484
19. Appendix 5: Fingerspelling Alphabet in KSL (southwestern Kenya) 485
20. Appendix 6: Motivated handshapes in KSL 486
21. Appendix 7: Phonetic Locations in KSL Database 487
22. Appendix 8: Chart of Location minimal pair contrasts 488
23. Appendix 9: Inventory of KSL Locations 489
24. References 589
25. Index 603