Sign Languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook 9781614518174, 9781614517962

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Sign Languages of the World: A Comparative Handbook
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Although a number of edited collections deal with either the languages of the world or the languages of particular regio

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The strong development in research on grammatical number in recent years has created a need for a unified perspective. T

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This book is the first work to address the question of what kinds of words get borrowed in a systematic and comparative

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The strong development in research on grammatical number in recent years has created a need for a unified perspective. T

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Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the audit

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Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the audit

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This book presents the first comprehensive overview of national laws recognising sign languages, their impacts and the a

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This Element describes creative sign language in deaf literature. To showcase the exciting developments in Latin America

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This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in

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