The Geometry of Visual Phonology (Paperback, New)

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.

General

Imprint:	Centre for the Study of Language & Information
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Dissertations in Linguistics
Release date:	June 1996
First published:	September 1996
Authors:	Linda Ann N. Uyechi
Dimensions:	228 x 152 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	254
Edition:	New
ISBN-13:	978-1-57586-012-1
Categories:	Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Phonetics, phonology, prosody (speech) Books > Language & Literature > Language & linguistics > Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication
LSN:	1-57586-012-0
Barcode:	9781575860121

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