Sign Language Linguistics: Exploring BSL and ASL (Cambridge Textbooks in Linguistics) - Softcover

Schembri, Adam; Fenlon, Jordan; Cormier, Kearsy; Johnston, Trevor

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1107434157 ISBN 13: 9781107434158

Verlag: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Inhaltsangabe

A uniquely international and comparative introduction to the structure and use of ASL and BSL.

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Über die Autorinnen und Autoren

Adam Schembri is a hearing signer and Professor of Linguistics at the University of Birmingham, UK. He has published over fifty journal articles and book chapters, co-authored two books, is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities, and is currently the director of the European Research Council SignMorph project.

Jordan Fenlon is a deaf native signer and linguist who completed his Ph.D. at University College London in 2010. He has taught linguistics at University College London, Gallaudet University, University of Chicago, and Heriot-Watt University, and his research focused on the sociolinguistics of signed languages.

Kearsy Cormier is a hearing signer and Professor of Sign Linguistics and Director of the Deafness Cognition and Language (DCAL) Research Centre within the Division of Psychology and Language Sciences at University College London. She has an international reputation for her research on British and American Sign Languages and has over 25 years' experience teaching sign language linguistics.

Trevor Johnston is a hearing native signer and was a Professor of Linguistics at Macquarie University (Sydney) before retiring in 2015. He has published several dictionaries of Auslan, journal articles and book chapters on Auslan grammar and corpus linguistics and co-authored a book on sign language linguistics. He is a fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2026
• Sprache: Englisch
• ISBN 10: 1107434157
• ISBN 13: 9781107434158
• Einband: Taschenbuch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 438
• Kontakt zum Hersteller: Cambridge University Press; https://www.cambridge.org/; ; Via Honduras,15; Pomezia; Italia; 71; Italien