Understanding Signed Languages av Erin Wilkinson, Jill P. Morford

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<P><I>Understanding Signed Languages</I> provides a broad and accessible introduction to the science of language, with evidence drawn from signed languages around the world. Readers will learn about language through a unique set of signed language studies that will surprise them with the diversity of ways human languages achieve the same functional goals of communication.</P><P>Designed for students with no prior knowledge of signed languages or linguistics, this book features:</P><UL><LI>A comprehensive introduction to the sub-fields of linguistics, including sociolinguistics, linguistic structure, language change, language acquisition, and bilingualism;</LI><LI>Examples from more than 50 of the world¿s signed languages and a brief ¿Language in Community¿ snapshot in each chapter highlighting one signed language and the researchers who are documenting it;</LI><LI>Opportunities to reflect on how language ideologies have shaped scientific inquiry and contributed to linguistic bias;</LI>