The Languages and Linguistics of Europe: A Comprehensive Guide is part of the multi-volume reference work on the languages and linguistics of the continents of the world.
It has been argued that properties of the visual-gestural modality impose a homogenizing effect on sign languages, leading to less structural variation in sign language structure as compared to spoken language structure.
Der vorliegende Sammelband verfolgt das Ziel, aktuelle Arbeiten und Forschungsergebnisse der Sondersprachenforschung mit "arkanlinguistischem" Bezug zusammenzuführen, sie kritisch zu diskutieren und zu hinterfragen und durch diese Bündelung explizit auch eine Linguistik des Arkanen zu konturieren.
Situé à la frontière de l'anthropologie et de l'histoire, cet ouvrage parle d'une réalité ethnographique encore trop peu étudiée par les anthropologues, celle de la culture sourde.
"e;An inspirational and helpful resource for parents to help them learn how to foster early communication with their children through baby sign language"e; (Sabrina Freidenfelds, MPH, IBCLC, founder of Then Comes Baby).
This book introduces a new topic to applied linguistics: the significance of the TESOL teacher's background as a learner and user of additional languages.
Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the languages of particular regions or genetic families, only a few cover sign languages or even include a substantial amount of information on them.
