{"product_id":"emerging-sign-languages-of-the-americas-9781501513503","title":"Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Olivier Le Guen | Josefina Safar | Marie Coppola\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: de Gruyter Mouton\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Linguistics - General\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to the gestures produced in the surrounding communities of hearing individuals. \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContents\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgements \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOlivier Le Guen, Marie Coppola and Josefina Safar\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction: How Emerging Sign Languages in the Americas contributes to the study of linguistics and (emerging) sign languages \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart I: Emerging sign languages of the Americas. Descriptions and analysis\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn Haviland\u003cbr\u003eSigns, interaction, coordination, and gaze: interactive foundations of \"Z\"--an emerging (sign) language from Chiapas, Mexico \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaura Horton\u003cbr\u003eRepresentational strategies in shared homesign systems from Nebaj, Guatemala \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJosefina Safar and Rodrigo Petatillo Chan\u003cbr\u003eStrategies of noun-verb distinction in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier\u003cbr\u003eA typological perspective on the meaningful handshapes in the emerging sign languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Braithwaite\u003cbr\u003eEmerging sign languages in the Caribbean \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOlivier Le Guen, Rebeca Petatillo and Rita (Rossy) Kinil Canché\u003cbr\u003eYucatec Maya multimodal interaction as the basis for Yucatec Maya Sign Language \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarie Coppola\u003cbr\u003eGestures, homesign, sign language: Cultural and social factors driving lexical conventionalization \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePart II: Sociolinguistic sketches\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJohn B. Haviland\u003cbr\u003eZinacantec family homesign (or \"Z\") \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLaura Horton\u003cbr\u003eA sociolinguistic sketch of deaf individuals and families from Nebaj, Guatemala \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eJosefina Safar and Olivier Le Guen\u003cbr\u003eYucatec Maya Sign Language(s): A sociolinguistic overview \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier\u003cbr\u003eSign Languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBen Braithwaite\u003cbr\u003eSociolinguistic sketch of Providence Island Sign Language \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eKristian Ali and Ben Braithwaite\u003cbr\u003eBay Islands Sign Language: A Sociolinguistic Sketch \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMarie Coppola\u003cbr\u003eSociolinguistic sketch: Nicaraguan Sign Language and Homesign Systems in Nicaragua \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"de Gruyter Mouton","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47596314362007,"sku":"9781501513503","price":18496.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9781501513503.webp?v=1774993285","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/emerging-sign-languages-of-the-americas-9781501513503","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}