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Sign languages are full natural languages — phonology (in the manual modality), morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics. They are not pantomime, not...

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Sign languages are full natural languages — phonology (in the manual modality), morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics. They are not pantomime, not visual versions of spoken languages, and not 'broken' communication systems. The recognition of this fact, in serious academic linguistics, dates to William Stokoe's 1960 analysis. Key sections include: Sign Languages.; Opening Languages without sound.; Chapter I The 1960 paper.; Chapter II American Sign Language.; Chapter III British Sign Language.; Chapter IV The diversity.; Chapter V The visual building blocks.; Chapter VI Visual syntax.; Chapter VII The 1880 Conference.; Chapter VIII The 1960s recovery..

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  1. 01Sign Languages.
  2. 02Opening Languages without sound.
  3. 03Chapter I The 1960 paper.
  4. 04Chapter II American Sign Language.
  5. 05Chapter III British Sign Language.
  6. 06Chapter IV The diversity.
  7. 07Chapter V The visual building blocks.
  8. 08Chapter VI Visual syntax.
  9. 09Chapter VII The 1880 Conference.
  10. 10Chapter VIII The 1960s recovery.
  11. 11Chapter IX The community.
  12. 12Chapter X The language born.
  13. 13Chapter XI Native learners.
  14. 14Chapter XII Sign-language interpreters.
  15. 15Chapter XIII Captions and telecoms.
  16. 16Chapter XIV Schools for the deaf.
  17. 17Chapter XV The continued debate.
  18. 18Chapter XVI Variation worldwide.
  19. 19Chapter XVII What sign tells us.
  20. 20Chapter XVIII Deaf artistic forms.
  21. 21Chapter XIX Variation.
  22. 22Chapter XX The risks.
  23. 23Chapter XXI Where it's going.
  24. 24Chapter XXIII Twenty-five works.
  25. 25Chapter XXIV Watch & read.
  26. 26Chapter XXV If you want to learn it.
  27. 27Chapter XXVI Why it matters.
  28. 28Chapter XXVII The next decade.
  29. 29Addendum Glossary of sign-language terms.
  30. 30The end of the deck.
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