| Preface to the Third Edition |
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| Introduction |
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| PART ONE BASIC CONCEPTS |
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| PART TWO PHONOLOGY |
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19 | (6) |
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The Concept of Sequentiality in the Description of Signs |
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30 | (7) |
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37 | (5) |
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42 | (5) |
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47 | (4) |
| PART THREE MORPHOLOGY |
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51 | (2) |
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Deriving Nouns from Verbs in ASL |
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53 | (5) |
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58 | (6) |
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Lexicalized Fingerspelling and Loan Signs |
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64 | (8) |
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The Function of Space in ASL |
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76 | (2) |
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Classifier Predicates and Locative Verbs |
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78 | (10) |
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Classifier Predicates and Signer Perspective |
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88 | (5) |
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93 | (8) |
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101 | (6) |
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107 | (5) |
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Derivational and Inflectional Morphology |
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112 | (3) |
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115 | (6) |
| PART FOUR SYNTAX |
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Simple Sentences with Plain Verbs |
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132 | (4) |
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Simple Sentences with Agreement Verbs |
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136 | (3) |
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139 | (10) |
| PART FIVE SEMANTICS |
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The Meaning of Individual Signs |
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149 | (10) |
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159 | (8) |
| PART SIX LANGUAGE IN USE |
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Variation and Historical Change |
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167 | (8) |
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Bilingualism and Language Contact |
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183 | (7) |
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| PART SEVEN SUPPLEMENTAL READINGS |
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199 | (20) |
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File 4 -- Introduction: What Do You Know When You Know a Language |
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219 | (4) |
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File 5 -- Introduction: Prescriptive vs. Descriptive Rules of Grammar |
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223 | (3) |
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File 6 -- Introduction: Arbitrariness in Language |
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226 | (5) |
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Signs Have Parts: A Simple Idea |
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231 | (12) |
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Introduction from A Dictionary of American Sign Language |
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243 | (16) |
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File 20 -- Phonetics: The Sounds of Speech |
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File 30 -- Phonology: The Value of Sounds: Phonemes |
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262 | (5) |
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American Sign Language: The Phonological Base |
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267 | (40) |
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File 40 -- Morphology: The Minimal Units of Meaning: Morphemes |
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307 | (4) |
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File 42 -- Morphology: The Hierarchical Structure of Words |
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311 | (3) |
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File 43 -- Morphology: Word Formation Processes |
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314 | (4) |
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The Confluence of Space and Language in Signed Languages |
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318 | (29) |
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A Class of Determiners in ASL |
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347 | (7) |
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Syntax: Sentences and Their Structure |
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354 | (4) |
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Syntax: The Study of Sentence Structure |
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Semantics: The Study of Meaning |
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File 120 -- Regional Variation: The Origin of American Dialects |
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File 123 -- Regional Variation: Variation at Different Levels |
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Analyzing Variation in Sign Languages: Theoretical and Methodological Issues |
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Sociolinguistic Aspects of the Black Deaf Community |
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416 | (13) |
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Toward a Description of Register Variation in American Sign Language |
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429 | (14) |
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Features of Discourse in an American Sign Language Lecture |
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443 | (15) |
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Language Contact in the American Deaf Community |
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458 | (23) |
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| Index |
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