SignGram Blueprint: A Guide to Sign Language Grammar Writing

Open Access Published by De Gruyter Mouton 2017

SignGram Blueprint

A Guide to Sign Language Grammar Writing

Edited by: Josep Quer , Carlo Cecchetto , Caterina Donati , Carlo Geraci , Meltem Kelepir , Roland Pfau and Markus Steinbach

In the series De Gruyter Reference

https://doi.org/10.1515/9781501511806

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About this book

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of COST (European Cooperation in Science and Technology), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the European Union.

Current grammatical knowledge about particular sign languages is fragmentary and of varying reliability, and it appears scattered in scientific publications where the description is often intertwined with the analysis. In general, comprehensive grammars are a rarity. The SignGram Blueprint is an innovative tool for the grammar writer: a full-fledged guide to describing all components of the grammars of sign languages in a thorough and systematic way, and with the highest scientific standards.
The work builds on the existing knowledge in Descriptive Linguistics, but also on the insights from Theoretical Linguistics. It consists of two main parts running in parallel: the Checklist with all the grammatical features and phenomena the grammar writer can address, and the accompanying Manual with the relevant background information (definitions, methodological caveats, representative examples, tests, pointers to elicitation materials and bibliographical references). The areas covered are Phonology, Morphology, Lexicon, Syntax and Meaning. The Manual is endowed with hyperlinks that connect information across the work and with a pop-up glossary.
The SignGram Blueprint will be a landmark for the description of sign language grammars in terms of quality and quantity.

Author / Editor information

J. Quer; C. Cecchetto; C. Donati; C. Geraci; M. Kelepir; R. Pfau; M. Steinbach

Topics

SignGram Blueprint Open Access Download PDF	i
Frontmatter Publicly Available Download PDF	i
Introduction: Letter to the grammar writer Open Access Download PDF	v
Notational conventions Open Access Download PDF	xiii
Sign language acronyms Open Access Download PDF	xiv
Structure of the SignGram COST Action IS1006 Open Access Download PDF	xvi
List of contributors Open Access Download PDF	xvii
Acknowledgments Open Access Download PDF	xix
SignGram Blueprint: Checklist Open Access Download PDF	xxi
Manual: Contents Publicly Available Download PDF	xli
Part 1: Socio-historical background Open Access Download PDF	1
Part 2: Phonology Open Access Download PDF	17
Part 3: Lexicon Open Access Download PDF	69
Part 4: Morphology Open Access Download PDF	163
Part 5: Syntax Open Access Download PDF	271
Part 6: Semantics Open Access Download PDF	553
Part 7: Pragmatics Open Access Download PDF	661
List of authors by section Open Access Download PDF	795
Glossary Open Access Download PDF	799

(Deutsch)

Language: English
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
Audience: Researchers in Sign Language Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, Theoretical Linguistics, Grammaticography
Pages
- Front matter: 72
- Main content: 824
Keywords: Sign Language Grammar; Sign Language Description; Grammaticography; Descriptive Linguistics

eBook

Published: November 20, 2017
ISBN: 9781501511806

Hardcover

Published: November 23, 2017
ISBN: 9781501515705

Paperback

Published: July 8, 2019
ISBN: 9781501518966