In this volume, editor Cynthia B. Roy presents a stellar cast of
cognitive linguists, sociolinguists, and discourse analysts to
discover and demonstrate how sign language users make sense of what
is going on within their social and cultural contexts in
face-to-face interactions. In the first chapter, Paul Dudis
presents an innovative perspective on depiction in discourse. Mary
Thumann follows with her observations on constructed dialogue and
constructed action. Jack Hoza delineates the discourse and
politeness functions of hey and well in ASL as examples of
discourse markers in the third chapter.
Laurie Swabey investigates reference in ASL discourse in the
fourth chapter. In Chapter 5, Christopher Stone offers insights on
register related to genre in British Sign Language discourse, and
Daniel Roush addresses in Chapter 6 the "conduit" metaphor in
English and ASL. Jeffrey Davis completes this collection by mapping
out the nature of discourse in Plains Indian Sign Language, a
previously unstudied language. The major thread that ties together
the work of these varying linguists is their common focus on the
forms and functions of sign languages used by people in actual
situations. They each provide new keys to answering how thoughts
expressed in one setting with one term or one utterance may mean
something totally different when expressed in a different setting
with different participants and different purposes.
General
Imprint: |
Gallaudet University Press,U.S.
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Country of origin: |
United States |
Release date: |
November 2011 |
First published: |
November 2011 |
Authors: |
Cynthia B. Roy
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Dimensions: |
250 x 150 x 15mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Hardcover - Paper over boards
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Pages: |
232 |
ISBN-13: |
978-1-56368-511-8 |
Categories: |
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LSN: |
1-56368-511-6 |
Barcode: |
9781563685118 |
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