01333nam a2200205Ia 4500 CTU_166477 210402s9999 xx 000 0 und d 147.00 419 M689 Modality and structure in signed and spoken languages Edited by Richard P. Meier, Kearsy Cormier, and David Quinto-Pozos ; with the assistance of Adrianne Cheek, Heather Knapp, and Christian Rathmann. Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2002 Signed languages are the naturally-evolved visual-gestural languages of deaf communities. The realization that they are true languages is one of the great discoveries of the last thirty years of linguistic research. This book examines the linguistic properties of many, including detailed case studies of Hong Kong, British, Mexican and German signed languages. The contributors focus on determining the extent that linguistic structure is influenced by whether a language is signed or spoken. Their answers contribute to further understanding the organization of languages. Sign language,Gesture,Kí hiệu ngôn ngữ,Cử chỉ Congresses,Congresses,Hội nghị,Hội nghị Qhieu Trung tâm Học liệu Trường Đại học Cần Thơ