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Primary movement in sign languages : a study of six languages / Donna Jo Napoli, Mark Mai, Nicholas Gaw.

Title
  1. Primary movement in sign languages : a study of six languages / Donna Jo Napoli, Mark Mai, Nicholas Gaw.
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  1. Washington, D.C. : Gallaudet University Press, 2011.
Author
  1. Napoli, Donna Jo, 1948-

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Additional authors
  1. Gaw, Nicholas.
  2. Mai, Mark.
Description
  1. viii, 214 p. : ill.; 24 cm.
Summary
  1. Compares six sign languages, American, Australian, British, French, Italian, and Nicaraguan.
Uniform title
  1. Project Muse UPCC books
Subject
  1. Sign language
  2. Deaf > Means of communication
  3. Comparative linguistics
  4. Gebarentaal
  5. Taalvergelijking
  6. Prosodie (taalkunde)
  7. Sign Language
  8. Australië
  9. Italië
  10. Verenigde Staten
  11. Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland
  12. Frankrijk
  13. Nicaragua
Contents
  1. Introduction -- Gathering the data -- Analysis of signs with noncurve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Analysis of signs with curve paths in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Unusual symmetry or other oddities in ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Results from the study of ASL, BSL, LIS, LSF, and Auslan -- Testing and beyond.
Owning institution
  1. Harvard Library
Bibliography (note)
  1. Includes bibliographical references and index.
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