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Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88370-2 - Sign Languages Edited by Diane Brentari Index More information INDEX Aarons, D., 178, 206, 235–236, 242, 390 FINISH, 197–198, 203–207 Abdel-Fatteh, M., 434 distributional restrictions, 208–210 Aboh, E. O., 389 interaction with negation, 207–224, Acquapendente, F., 100 222–223 Adamiec, T., 132 negated existentials and adjacency, Adamorobe Sign Language, 421–425 215–224 Adams, M., 53, 54 negation and aspect, 210–215 adverbs, 229–231 perfectivity, 206 Africa, transmission of sign languages in, handshapes, 293, 296, 502 113–147 lexicon, 10, 285–287, 288 African American Vernacular English, 451, MEET, 256 472–473 motion events, 375–378 Ahlgren, Inger, 89 negation and aspect, 207–208 Aitchison, J., 122 sociolinguistics, 460–464 Ajavon, P. A., 411 syllables, 330 Ajello, R., 338, 348, 353 Tactile ASL, 472 Akach, A. I., 115 variation in, 15–16, 458, 461–467 Al-Fityani, K., 9, 16, 417, 433–450 phonological variation, 16, 457 Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, sociolinguistic variation in, 451–477 15, 575 verb agreement, 174, 176, 238 study of verb agreement in, 576–588 verb classes, 185 Albert i Marti, J., 101 word order, 225, 226–227, 228, 233, 244, 250 Aldrete, G. S., 342, 350, 351 Anagnostopoulou, E., 224 Aldridge, W., 154 Anderson, D., 381, 402 Alghamis, R., 417, 431 Andeweg, Father, 440 Alibasˇ ic´ Ciciliani, T., 394 Arab world, sign languages in, 9, 16, 433–450 Allen, G. E., 314, 325, 326 lexicostatistical analysis, 440, 440–444, Allott, R., 356 446–448 Allsop, L., 488, 490 pan-Arab sign language, 9, 433 American School for the Deaf, 452 sign language communities, 435–436 American Sign Language standardization of sign languages, 449 ASK, 181, 182 Aramburo, A., 473 ASL-phabet, 154, 166 Archangeli, D., 302 Black ASL, 472–474 Arends, J., 413 clause structure, 226–250 Aronoff, M., 174, 195, 196, 281, 544, 570–592 Dictionary of American Sign Language, Arrote´ ia, J., 242 454, 456 artificial language systems, 134–136 670 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88370-2 - Sign Languages Edited by Diane Brentari Index More information Index 671 arts: see film, poetry, theater Bell, A. M., 154 aspect, 210–215, 237, 353 Bellugi, U., 180, 182, 183, 338, 352–353, 375, in American Sign Language, 207–208, 402, 548, 550 210–215 Benalca´ zar, O., 65 in Italian Sign Language, 198, 200–203, Benedicto, E., 253, 256, 272 210–215 Berenz, N., 394 Assarotti, Father, 102 Bergman, B., 6, 74–94, 278 Athitsos, V., 204 Bezzina, F., 486 Atkinson, J., 402 bi-uniqueness, 163, 165–166, 167 Australia, education of the deaf, 481–482 Bickford, A., 59 Australian Association of the Deaf, 477 Biritwum, R. B., 408 Australian Sign Language Black, P., 437 fingerspelling, 491 Black ASL, 472–474 history of, 480–481 Blench, J., 416, 428 lexicon, comparative studies of, 482–485 Blevins, J., 320, 321, 322 variation, 481–482, 487–498 Bloomfield, L., 302 verb agreement, 176 Boersma, P., 167 autonomy–dependency relation, 337–338 Boeters, G., 30 Avery, P., 302 Bohnenmeyer, 356, 357, 359, 360, 366 Bolinger, D., 350 Babinski, G., 131 Bone, E., 477 Bahan, B., 178, 206, 244, 393, 452, 453, 549 Bonet, J. P., 100, 101 Bailey, C.-J., 456 Bonvillian, R. J., 117 Bailey, S., 487 Borg, O. E., 87 Bajewska, J., 142 Borg, P. A., 87 Baker, A. E., 193 Bosˇ kovisˇ , Z., 225 Baker, C., 338, 527, 540 Boston University, 167, 204 Baker-Shenk, C., 14, 174 Bouchard, D., 233 BANZSL, variation and change in, 16, 476–498 Bouilly, J.-N., 75 lexical variation, 488–494 Bourgerie, D. S., 469 lexicon, 482–485 Boyes Braem, P., 19–45, 289, 291, 294, 383, phonological, 495–496 519, 528 sociolinguistic variation in, 487–498 Bradley, Rev. R. R., 480 syntactic, 496–498 Braidwood, T., 479 Barakat, R., 447 Branchini, C., 392 Barasch, M, 342–343 Braze, F. D., 232, 237–238 Barnils, Pere, 102 Brazil, Deaf clubs and associations, 64 Barnplantorna, 91 Brazilian Sign Language Basilier, T., 88 clause structure, 226–250 Basso, P., 102 verbs, 247–249 Basu, D., 363 word order, 225, 233, 244, 250 Battison, R., 456, 457, 495, 504 Brennan, M., 226, 227, 494 Bavarian Association, Project Africa, 124 Brentari, D., 1–16, 502 Bayley, R., 15–16, 195, 451–475, 495, 496, 497 classifier signs, 255, 259, 261, 287 Baynton, C. D., 117, 454 Direction-of-Transfer Principle, 370 Be´ bian, R.-A. A., 153, 159 handshape contrasts, 284–311 Bedolla, G., 52 Intonational Phrases Beecken, A., 30 prosodic cues, 519–542 Behares, L. E., 65 Prosodic model, 303, 321, 323, 326–331, Bell, A. G., 335 367–369, 372, 379, 530 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88370-2 - Sign Languages Edited by Diane Brentari Index More information 672 Index Brentari, D., (cont.) tracing and depicting, 505 Prosodic words, 519, 521, 538–539 visual metonymic signs, 506–507 phonology, 356, 495 compounding, 514 syllabic model, 161 manual alphabets, 508 syllables, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320, 323, 324, nonmanual markers, topicalization, 516 326–331 phonology Brenzinger, M., 419 handshapes, 502–503 Brien, D., 483 movements and points of contact, Briesacher, R., 470 503–504 Briggs, C. L., 436 wh-signs, 509–510 British Deaf Association, 476, 477 Chomsky, N., 4, 198, 225, 226, 247, 234, 302 British Sign Language, 476–498 Christensen, K. K., 216 contact with other signed languages, Christian Mission for the Deaf, 408–409, 410 486–487 Cinque, G., 231 fingerspelling, 491 classifier signs, 12, 252–283, 287, 572 history of, 477–480, 481–482 in Adamorobe Sign Language, 421–425 lexicon, comparative studies of, 482–485 data collection for study on, 261–265 regional lexical variation, 488–490 descriptions of, 255–261 sociolinguistic variation and change in, as multmorphemic signs, 255–256 487–498 as partially lexicalized verbs, 259–261 Brother Andrew, 440 as visual analogs, 256–259, 278, 281–282 Brouland, J., 334 in East Asian sign languages, 511–512 Bruce, V., 315 event descriptions, 265 Bulwer, J., 478 analysis of Frog Where Are You? story, Burnham, D., 259, 264 261–265, 266–277 Bura Sign Language, 428 atypical event descriptions, 263–264, Bybee, J., 332, 334, 348, 353, 565, 566 272–277, 279–280 factors influencing, 278–282 Callaway, A., 499 typical event descriptions, 262, 266–272, Canada, 487 280–281 Capelli, G., 64 and handshape contrasts, 297–302 Carbonieri, G., 102 lexicalization, 270, 281 Cardano, G., 100 standardization, 279, 281 Carew, R., 477 templated, 279 Carroll, C., 409 types of, 305, 310 Carty, B., 480, 481 descriptive classifiers, 300–301, 305 Caselli, M. C., 104 handling classifiers, 274, 301, 305 Casey, S., 193, 543 indexical classifiers, 511 Castberg, P. A., 75, 76, 94 instrumental classifiers, 298, 300, 305 Casterline, D., 154, 454 person classifiers, 278, 280 Catalan Federation of Deaf People, 96 semantic classifiers, 298, 305, 310 Catalan Sign Language, 99 whole-entity classifiers, 272–274, Catholic University of Lublin, 134, 143 276–277, 574 Cecchetto, C., 197–224, 392 clause structure, 225–251 Channon, R., 14, 151–172, 306 deep structure, 226 Cheikh, E. B., 417 evidence for, 227–233 Chen Pichler, D., 238, 239, 250 basic sentences, 227–229 Chinese Sign Language family, 499–500 clause structure and adverbs, 229–230 Chinese character signs, 504–507, 509–510 clause structure and auxiliaries, 232–233 pronunciation pun signs, 505–506 clause structure and modals, 230–232 © in this web service Cambridge University Press www.cambridge.org Cambridge University Press 978-0-521-88370-2 - Sign Languages Edited by Diane Brentari Index More information Index 673 with movement operations, 233–243 syllable structure in sign language focus, 239–243, 251 phonology, 312–331 null arguments, 251 verb agreement, 13–14, 173–196 object shift, 237–239, 251 Crossley, L., 519, 538–539 topicalization, 234–237, 251 Crowley, T., 437, 483, 484 and verb type, 244–250 Crystal, D., 118, 485 and word order, 226 Curiel, M., 234 Clements, G. N., 303, 304, 311 Cuxac, C., 428 Clerc, L., 409, 452 Czajkowska-Kisil, M., 131, 140, 144 Coates, J., 493 cochlear implants Dachkovsky, S., 392 in Denmark, 78 Dahlerup, H. V., 76 in Finland, 84 Danish Deaf Association, 75, 76, 78 in Germany, 36–37 Danish Sign Language, 75–81, 93 in the Netherlands, 39–40 Center for Total Communication of the in Sweden, 90, 91 Deaf, 80 in Switzerland, 20, 24 classifier signs, 260 Cogill-Koez, D., 253, 257–258, 261, 278, 282 in deaf education, 75–78 Cokely, D., 14, 174, 338 name, number of users and official Collins, S., 472 recognition, 75 Collins-Ahlgren, M., 480, 481 outside deaf education, 79–80 Colombia, 65 Daoussi, V., 103 Congress of Milan, 23, 30, 102, 124, 124–125, Dario Signo, 110 479, 481 Darwin, E., 154 constraints on sign languages, 185–186, de Carrio´ n, M. R., 100 461–70 De Jorio, A., 334, 344–345 Coppola, M., 15, 394, 479, 543–569 de l’Epee, Abbe´ C.-M., 23, 76, 86, 101, 135 Corazza, S., 98 Deaf associations, 22 Corbett, G., 179, 184–185, 190–191, 196 in Brazil, 64 Corbett, criteria for canonical agreement, 173 in Denmark, 79 Corina, D. P., 314, 320, 324–325, 402 in Germany, 107 Cormier, K., 476–498 in Greece, 107 Coulter, G. R., 391 in Mediterranean Europe, 105 Council of Arab Ministers of Social Affairs, in Mexico, 57 9, 433 in the Netherlands, 41–2 Crain, R. C., 161 in Poland, 144 Crasborn, O., 43, 314, 315, 395 in Spain, 107 creole languages, 4, 50, 132, 197, 414, 420, 485 in Switzerland, 25–26 Croneberg, C., 154, 289, 293, 454–456, 473 in Uganda, 123–124 crosslinguistic characteristics of sign in West Africa, 410, 415 languages, 1, 10–14 World Federation of the Deaf,
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