The Geometry of Visual Phonology (Center for the Study of Language and Information - Lecture Notes) [Paperback]

Linda Ann N. Uyechi (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: June 1, 1996 | ISBN-10: 1575860120 | ISBN-13: 978-1575860121

Uyechi presents an extremely thorough and formal empirical description of the various features of ASL signs, of interest to any theoretician in developing a theory of sign phonology or in testing claims in the theory of the phonology of spoken languages against data from a signed language. The author also presents a formalism for representing signs and makes a number of theoretical proposals based on this formalism. The volume's analysis indicates that the properties of core constructs of the spoken-language phonology, namely the segment and the syllable, differ from the properties of the core constructs in a formal framework of visual phonology. The Geometry of Visual Phonology also differs from other analyses in concluding that such differences are not immediately reconcilable. This volume provides a framework for discussing crucial differences between signs and speech.

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Uyechi presents a formal empirical description of the features of ASL signs, a formalism for representing signs, and theoretical proposals based on this formalism. Such theoretical work accompanies discussions of literature on sign-language phonology that the novice will find interesting.

Product Details

• Paperback: 240 pages
• Publisher: Center for the Study of Language and Inf (June 1, 1996)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1575860120
• ISBN-13: 978-1575860121
• Product Dimensions: 8.9 x 6 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #4,271,206 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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