Irish Sign Language: A Cognitive Linguistic Approach

by John I. Saeed and Lorraine Leeson

As the only book of its kind, this book describes the social and historical background of this signed language and places Irish Sign Language in a world context. The Signs of Ireland corpus is used to introduce phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics and pragmatics.It also examines the key influences driving signed language linguistics in the past decade, including: recognition of the role of gesture; the influence of cognitive linguistics; the complexities...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0748638237
• ISBN13: 9780748638239
• Release Date: May 2012
• Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.3"
• Age Range: 22 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher