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| next week in asl: Sign Language Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach, Bencie Woll, 2012-08-31 Sign language linguists show here that all questions relevant to the linguistic investigation of spoken languages can be asked about sign languages. Conversely, questions that sign language linguists consider - even if spoken language researchers have not asked them yet - should also be asked of spoken languages. The HSK handbook Sign Language aims to provide a concise and comprehensive overview of the state of the art in sign language linguistics. It includes 44 chapters, written by leading researchers in the field, that address issues in language typology, sign language grammar, psycholinguistics, neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and language documentation and transcription. Crucially, all topics are presented in a way that makes them accessible to linguists who are not familiar with sign language linguistics. |
| next week in asl: Barron's American Sign Language David A. Stewart, Jennifer Stewart, 2021-01-05 Barron’s American Sign Language is a brand-new title on ASL that can be used in the classroom, as a supplemental text to high school and college courses, or for anyone who wants to learn proper ASL. The only book with comprehensive instruction and online graded video practice quizzes, plus a comprehensive final video exam. Content includes topics on the Deaf culture and community, ASL Grammar, fingerspelling, combining signs to construct detailed sentences, Everyday ASL, and much more. More than 1,000 illustrations of signs with instructions on movement--step-by-step with dialogue, tip boxes, and practice exercises and quizzes throughout to reinforce retention and to track your progress. |
| next week in asl: American Sign Language Dictionary for Beginners Tara Adams, 2022-04-19 A user-friendly dictionary with 800+ ASL signs Whatever your reason for learning the richly expressive language of American Sign Language (ASL), this book will guide you through the initial stages of your signing journey. It's filled with everything you need to master more than 800 essential vocabulary words, including detailed directions that make it simple to develop your ASL skills. What sets this dictionary apart from other sign language books for beginners: No experience required—Find comprehensive, clearly written guidance that makes sense of American Sign Language for beginners, with helpful explanations of more difficult concepts, plus plenty of tips for success. Instructional photographs—See ASL in action with full-color photographs that illustrate how to sign each vocabulary word. Easy-to-find signs—Study each sign in alphabetical order or search by category with a handy index that organizes signs by activities, animals, emotions, places, events, and more. Build up your ASL vocabulary with the American Sign Language Dictionary for Beginners. |
| next week in asl: American Sign Language Made Easy for Beginners Travis Belmontes-Merrell, 2022-08-02 Learn American Sign Language the easy way! Become a lifelong learner of American Sign Language (ASL) with this guide for true beginners. It breaks down ASL fundamentals and gives you step-by-step instructions for signing more than 400 vocabulary words, organized by practical topics like greetings, hobbies, times, places, and more. The building blocks of ASL—Lay the foundation for ASL learning as you explore the five parameters of signing: handshape, location, movement, palm orientation, and non-manual markers. Clear guidance for novices—Learn how to sign each vocabulary word with the help of detailed written directions and large, full-color photos, so you know you're doing it right even if it's your first sign ever. Lessons and quizzes—Put your new skills to the test with themed lessons designed for real-world conversations, and brief quizzes at the end of each section. Make learning ASL fun and easy with this top choice in American Sign Language books for beginners. |
| next week in asl: Interpreting as a Discourse Process Cynthia B. Roy, 2000 This book studies interpreting between languages as a discourse process and as about managing communication between two people who do not speak a common language. Roy examines the turn exchanges of a face-to-face interpreted event in order to offer a definition of interpreted events, describe the process of taking turns with an interpreter, and account for the role of the interpreter in terms of the performance in interaction. |
| next week in asl: The Sign Language Interpreting Studies Reader Cynthia B. Roy, Jemina Napier, 2015-07-15 In Sign Language Interpreting (SLI) there is a great need for a volume devoted to classic and seminal articles and essays dedicated to this specific domain of language interpreting. Students, educators, and practitioners will benefit from having access to a collection of historical and influential articles that contributed to the progress of the global SLI profession. In SLI there is a long history of outstanding research and scholarship, much of which is now out of print, or was published in obscure journals, or featured in publications that are no longer in print. These readings are significant to the progression of SLI as an academic discipline and a profession. As the years have gone by, many of these readings have been lost to students, educators, and practitioners because they are difficult to locate or unavailable, or because this audience simply does not know they exist. This volume brings together the seminal texts in our field that document the philosophical, evidence-based and analytical progression of SLI work. |
| next week in asl: The Complete Idiot's Guide to Learning Sign Language Susan Shelly, Jim Schneck, 1998 Explains how to use American Sign Language to make introductions, tell time, order food, tell a joke, communicate with children, express emotion, and ask for directions |
| next week in asl: The Linguistics of Sign Languages Anne Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde, Roland Pfau, Trude Schermer, 2016-06-23 How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign languages processed in the brain? These questions and many more are addressed in this introductory book on sign linguistics using examples from more than thirty different sign languages. Comparisons are also made with spoken languages. This book can be used as a self-study book or as a text book for students of sign linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary, some test-yourself questions and assignments, as well as a list of recommended texts for further reading. The book is accompanied by a website containing assignments, video clips and links to web resources. |
| next week in asl: American Sign Language Charlotte Lee Baker-Shenk, Dennis Cokely, 1991 The videocassettes illustrate dialogues for the text it accompanies, and also provides ASL stories, poems and dramatic prose for classroom use. Each dialogue is presented three times to allow the student to converse with each signer. Also demonstrates the grammar and structure of sign language. The teacher's text on grammar and culture focuses on the use of three basic types of sentences, four verb inflections, locative relationships and pronouns, etc. by using sign language. The teacher's text on curriculum and methods gives guidelines on teaching American Sign Language and Structured activities for classroom use. |
| next week in asl: Sign-me-fine Laura Greene, Eva Barash Dicker, 1990 Written for young adults, this book introduces American Sign Language (ASL) and emphasizes how it differs from English. Readers will learn correct ASL sentences, sign games, and the full beauty of ASL in poetry and music. |
| next week in asl: Grammar, Gesture, and Meaning in American Sign Language Scott K. Liddell, 2003-03-13 In sign languages of the deaf some signs can meaningfully point toward things or can be meaningfully placed in the space ahead of the signer. This obligatory part of fluent grammatical signing has no parallel in vocally produced languages. This book focuses on American Sign Language to examine the grammatical and conceptual purposes served by these directional signs. It guides the reader through ASL grammar, the different categories of directional signs, the types of spatial representations signs are directed toward, how such spatial conceptions can be represented in mental space theory, and the conceptual purposes served by these signs. The book demonstrates a remarkable integration of grammar and gesture in the service of constructing meaning. These results also suggest that our concept of 'language' has been much too narrow and that a more comprehensive look at vocally produced languages will reveal the same integration of gestural, gradient, and symbolic elements. |
| next week in asl: American Sign Language Green Books, a Student Text Units 1-9 Dennis Cokely, Charlotte Baker-Shenk, 1991 The first volume in a three-volume guide that introduces beginning students to conversational American Sign Language (ASL). |
| next week in asl: Spatial Schemas and Abstract Thought Merideth Gattis, 2003 Proposes the means by which spatial structures might be adapted for nonspatial purposes, and it considers alternatives to spatial coding as a basis for abstract thought. |
| next week in asl: Simplified Signs: A Manual Sign-Communication System for Special Populations, Volume 1. John D. Bonvillian, Nicole Kissane Lee, Tracy T. Dooley, Filip T. Loncke, 2020-07-30 Simplified Signs presents a system of manual sign communication intended for special populations who have had limited success mastering spoken or full sign languages. It is the culmination of over twenty years of research and development by the authors. The Simplified Sign System has been developed and tested for ease of sign comprehension, memorization, and formation by limiting the complexity of the motor skills required to form each sign, and by ensuring that each sign visually resembles the meaning it conveys. Volume 1 outlines the research underpinning and informing the project, and places the Simplified Sign System in a wider context of sign usage, historically and by different populations. Volume 2 presents the lexicon of signs, totalling approximately 1000 signs, each with a clear illustration and a written description of how the sign is formed, as well as a memory aid that connects the sign visually to the meaning that it conveys. While the Simplified Sign System originally was developed to meet the needs of persons with intellectual disabilities, cerebral palsy, autism, or aphasia, it may also assist the communication needs of a wider audience – such as healthcare professionals, aid workers, military personnel , travellers or parents, and children who have not yet mastered spoken language. The system also has been shown to enhance learning for individuals studying a foreign language. Lucid and comprehensive, this work constitutes a valuable resource that will enhance the communicative interactions of many different people, and will be of great interest to researchers and educators alike. |
| next week in asl: The Landscape of Rural Service Learning, and What It Teaches Us All Randy Stoecker, Nicholas Holton, Charles Ganzert, 2016-11-01 Up until now, the majority of literature about service learning has focused on urban areas, while comparatively little attention has been paid to activities in rural communities. The Landscape of Rural Service Learning, and What It Teaches Us All is designed to provide a comprehensive look at rural service learning. The practices that have developed in rural areas, partly because of the lack of nonprofits and other services found in urban settings, produce lessons and models that can help us all rethink the dominant forms of service learning defined by urban contexts. Where there are few formal organizations, people end up working more directly with one another; where there is a need for services in locations where they are unavailable, service learning becomes more than just an academic exercise or assignment. This volume includes theoretical frameworks that are informed by the rural, concrete stories that show how rural service learning has developed and is now practiced, practical strategies that apply across service learning contexts, and points to ponder as we all consider our next steps along the path of meaningful service learning. |
| next week in asl: The Voice We Find (A Fog Harbor Romance) Nicole Deese, 2025-04-15 Two voices. One story. A chance to rewrite their future. Sophie Wilder returns home to California with nothing more than a failed Broadway career and a geriatric cat. Stuck working at the family winery with her egotistical brother and desperate for a way to revive her acting dreams, she takes a side gig as an audiobook narrator with Fog Harbor Books. But getting mixed up in the life of her reluctant sound engineer was never a part of her plans. August Tate is still reeling from taking on guardianship of his teen sister. Determined to find a solution to her degenerative hearing loss and to prevent his private recording studio from going under, he agrees to produce audiobooks part-time. When Sophie breathes new life into his creativity and forms an unexpected bond with his sister rooted in their common faith, he must confront the reasons he turned away from his own or risk losing the second chance he's only just started to believe in. The Voice We Find is the third book in Nicole Deese's Fog Harbor Romance Series for fans of clean, faith-based stories, deaf and hard of hearing representation, workplace romance, books about books, found family, and sibling bonds. |
| next week in asl: So Over Sharing Elissa Brent Weissman, 2025-05-20 In this timely contemporary middle grade novel from award-winning author Elissa Brent Weissman, two girls find their private struggles against their influencer mothers going very public Quiet, introverted Hadley and rough-around-the-edges Willow have one big main thing in common: both their moms have gained a huge online following sharing every detail of their lives. Hadley’s mom—Phoebe of @PhoebeAndJay fame—loves to share all the terrible, down and dirty bits about raising kids while Willow’s mom Rosalind at the up-and-coming @MoonbeamsAndMarigold basks in the glow of motherhood. If getting all her life's moments (including an almost decade old viral potty training video) shared online isn't enough, Hadley’s starting a new school in a new neighborhood and desperately trying to keep her mom’s identity a secret while Willow is struggling with a recent life-changing announcement from her mom who, it turns out, is not getting out of the influencer world anytime soon. As the two girls build a friendship on a private Instagram page and share the pains of having a momfluencers, they come up against the same question—how long will they have to share their lives with everyone? |
| next week in asl: Reunited with Her Off-Limits Surgeon Amy Ruttan, 2023-10-24 Reunited with her first love…and their attraction is still electrifying! Discover more in Amy Ruttan's latest story for Harlequin Medical Romance. One stolen night— and ten years later… Deaf audiologist Maeve hasn’t seen Finn since their stolen night ten years ago. Now he’s her hospital’s temporary ENT surgeon—and sparks are still flying! Finn’s only returned long enough to learn sign language for his dream job. Maeve’s always craved adventure, but has people who depend on her. Unable to leave and protective of her emotions, she knows a relationship with Finn is off-limits! But denying their attraction has never been easy… From Harlequin Medical: Life and love in the world of modern medicine. |
| next week in asl: Harlequin Medical Romance November 2023 - Box Set 2 of 2 Annie O'Neil, Amy Ruttan, Rachel Dove, 2023-10-24 Harlequin Medical Romance brings you a collection of three new titles, available now! Enjoy these stories packed with pulse-racing romance and heart-racing medical drama. This Harlequin Medical Romance box set includes: SNOWBOUND CHRISTMAS WITH THE ITALIAN DOC By Annie O’Neil Dr. Natalie’s spending Christmas working in the Italian Alps, keeping herself busy following another(!) break-up. What she hadn’t factored in was sexy, caring GP, Gio! But Natalie’s on her guard this time. Until an abandoned infant temporarily needs their care. Will they embrace the spirit of the season …together? REUNITED WITH HER OFF-LIMITS SURGEON By Amy Ruttan Deaf audiologist Maeve hasn’t seen Finn since their stolen night ten years ago. Now he’s her hospital’s temporary ENT surgeon—and sparks are still flying! Finn isn’t staying, but Maeve has people who depend on her. So, a relationship is off-limits! But denying their attraction has never been easy… HOW TO RESIST YOUR RIVAL By Rachel Dove Robotics scientist Harper dreams of helping prosthetics patients worldwide. The problem? Infuriating neurosurgeon Dr. Dom. This man raises her temper—and her pulse! But despite a series of heated clashes, his cold exterior begins to melt. Soon, cautious Harper finds resisting her rival an impossible task … |
| next week in asl: Compendium of Project Profiles University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Secondary Transition Intervention Effectiveness Institute, 1991 |
| next week in asl: Visible Variation Pamela M. Perniss, Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach, 2008-09-25 It has been argued that properties of the visual-gestural modality impose a homogenizing effect on sign languages, leading to less structural variation in sign language structure as compared to spoken language structure. However, until recently, research on sign languages was limited to a number of (Western) sign languages. Before we can truly answer the question of whether modality effects do indeed cause less structural variation, it is necessary to investigate the similarities and differences that exist between sign languages in more detail and, especially, to include in this investigation less studied sign languages. The current research climate is testimony to a surge of interest in the study of a geographically more diverse range of sign languages. The volume reflects that climate and brings together work by scholars engaging in comparative sign linguistics research. The 11 articles discuss data from many different signed and spoken languages and cover a wide range of topics from different areas of grammar including phonology (word pictures), morphology (pronouns, negation, and auxiliaries), syntax (word order, interrogative clauses, auxiliaries, negation, and referential shift) and pragmatics (modal meaning and referential shift). In addition to this, the contributions address psycholinguistic issues, aspects of language change, and issues concerning data collection in sign languages, thereby providing methodological guidelines for further research. Although some papers use a specific theoretical framework for analyzing the data, the volume clearly focuses on empirical and descriptive aspects of sign language variation. |
| next week in asl: The Syntax of American Sign Language Carol Jan Neidle, 2000 Recent research on the syntax of signed language has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement and wh-constructions. |
| next week in asl: Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and the Unification of Spoken and Signed Languages Sherman Wilcox, 2017-11-06 In Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and the Unification of Spoken and Signed Languages Sherman Wilcox suggests that rather than abstracting away from the material substance of language, linguists can discover the deep connections between signed and spoken languages by taking an embodied view. This embodied solution reveals the patterns and principles that unite languages across modalities. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Wilcox explores such issues as the how to apply cognitive grammar to the study of signed languages, the pervasive conceptual iconicity present throughout the lexicon and grammar of signed languages, the relation of language and gesture, the grammaticization of signs, the significance of motion for understanding language as a dynamic system, and the integration of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive linguistics. |
| next week in asl: Information Structure in Sign Languages Vadim Kimmelman, 2019-02-19 This book presents a first comprehensive overview of existing research on information structure in sign languages. Furthermore, it is combined with novel in-depth studies of Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands. The book discusses how topic, focus, and contrast are marked in the visual modality and what implications this has for theoretical and typological study of information structure. Such issues as syntactic and prosodic markers of information structure and their interactions, relations between different notions of information structure, and grammaticalization of markers of information structure are highlighted. Empirical studies of the two sign languages also showcase different methodologies that are used in such research and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. The book contains a general introduction to the field of information structure and thus can be used by linguists new to the field. |
| next week in asl: E-Z American Sign Language David A. Stewart, Elizabeth Stewart, Lisa M. Dimling, 2011-09-01 This heavily illustrated, self-teaching guide to ASL--American Sign Language--is useful both for the deaf and for those men and women who teach or work among deaf people. E-Z American Sign Language presents ASL's 10 key grammatical rules and emphasizes the use of facial grammar as an important supplement to manual signing. Most of the book's content takes the form of a presentation of more than 800 captioned line drawings that illustrate signs for their equivalent words and then show how to combine signs in order to communicate detailed statements. Barron's E-Z Series books are updated, and re-formatted editions of Barron's older and perennially popular Easy Way books. Titles in the new E-Z Series feature extensive two-color treatment, a fresh, modern typeface, and more graphic material than ever. All are self-teaching manuals that cover a wide variety of practical and academic subjects, written on levels that range from senior high school to college-101 standards. |
| next week in asl: Metaphor in American Sign Language Phyllis Perrin Wilcox, 2000 As she explains, If the iconic influence that surrounds metaphor is set aside, the results will be greater understanding and interpretations that are less opaque.. |
| next week in asl: Language, Cognition, and the Brain Karen Emmorey, 2001-11 Intro to Amer Sign Lang w/ focus on psychological processes involvd in its acquistion & use, as well as the brain bases of ASL. An upper- level txt w/ readership among researchers in cognitve psych & cognitve neuroscience, language & linguistics, speech, |
| next week in asl: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders Jack S. Damico, Martin J. Ball, 2019-03-01 The SAGE Encyclopedia of Human Communication Sciences and Disorders is an in-depth encyclopedia aimed at students interested in interdisciplinary perspectives on human communication—both normal and disordered—across the lifespan. This timely and unique set will look at the spectrum of communication disorders, from causation and prevention to testing and assessment; through rehabilitation, intervention, and education. Examples of the interdisciplinary reach of this encyclopedia: A strong focus on health issues, with topics such as Asperger's syndrome, fetal alcohol syndrome, anatomy of the human larynx, dementia, etc. Including core psychology and cognitive sciences topics, such as social development, stigma, language acquisition, self-help groups, memory, depression, memory, Behaviorism, and cognitive development Education is covered in topics such as cooperative learning, special education, classroom-based service delivery The editors have recruited top researchers and clinicians across multiple fields to contribute to approximately 640 signed entries across four volumes. |
| next week in asl: British Sign Language Margaret Deuchar, 2013-06-17 This first linguistic study of British Sign Language is written for students of linguistics, for deaf and hearing sign language researchers, for teachers and social workers for the deaf. The author cross-refers to American Sign Language, which has usually been more extensively studied by linguists, and compares the two languages. |
| next week in asl: ASL Yes! Level One Federico Quintana, 2023-07-04 Unlock the foundations of American Sign Language with *ASL Yes! Level One* is an engaging and comprehensive curriculum designed for students eager to learn ASL and immerse themselves in Deaf culture. With 30 topics, 150 essential sign phrases, and over 800 sign vocabulary words, this workbook combines structured lessons and interactive exercises, making ASL accessible, fun, and practical. Authored by Federico Quintana, a certified Deaf ASL educator, and Gallaudet University graduate, *ASL Yes! Level One* provides clear, easy-to-follow lessons with grammar explanations and thousands of hand-drawn illustrations that guide students through core vocabulary and conversational ASL. Each lesson introduces new phrases and vocabulary within meaningful contexts—daily activities, feelings, family, or school—while weaving in important cultural insights and etiquette. The workbook contains exercises, including translation challenges, multiple-choice questions, and phrase-building activities to reinforce learning, comprehension, and retention. Aligned with ASLTA and ACTFL standards, *ASL Yes! Level One* is ideal for both Deaf and hearing students, and adaptable for physical classrooms or distance learning environments. Perfect for middle-high school students, educators, and families, *ASL Yes! Level One* provides a solid foundation in ASL while fostering a deeper understanding and appreciation of Deaf culture. |
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| next week in asl: Sign Language and the Health Care Professional Debbie Cole, 1990 |
| next week in asl: The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language Elena Semino, Zsófia Demjén, 2016-11-03 The Routledge Handbook of Metaphor and Language provides a comprehensive overview of state-of-the-art interdisciplinary research on metaphor and language. Featuring 35 chapters written by leading scholars from around the world, the volume takes a broad view of the field of metaphor and language, and brings together diverse and distinct theoretical and applied perspectives to cover six key areas: Theoretical approaches to metaphor and language, covering Conceptual Metaphor Theory, Relevance Theory, Blending Theory and Dynamical Systems Theory; Methodological approaches to metaphor and language, discussing ways of identifying metaphors in verbal texts, images and gestures, as well as the use of corpus linguistics; Formal variation in patterns of metaphor use across text types, historical periods and languages; Functional variation of metaphor, in contexts including educational, commercial, scientific and political discourse, as well as online trolling; The applications of metaphor for problem solving, in business, education, healthcare and conflict situations; Language, metaphor, and cognitive development, examining the processing and comprehension of metaphors. The Routledge Handbook of Language and Metaphor is a must-have survey of this key field, and is essential reading for those interested in language and metaphor. |
| next week in asl: Intermediate Conversational Sign Language Willard J. Madsen, 1982 This text offers a unique approach to using American Sign Language (ASL) and English in a bilingual setting. Each of the 25 lessons involves sign language conversation using colloqualisms that are prevalent in informal conversations. It also includes practice tests and a glossed alphabetical index. |
| next week in asl: Understanding and Teaching American Sign Language: A Guide for Students and Educators Pasquale De Marco, 2025-04-28 **Understanding and Teaching American Sign Language: A Guide for Students and Educators** is the ultimate guide to American Sign Language (ASL) for students, educators, and anyone interested in learning more about this beautiful and expressive language. This comprehensive book covers all aspects of ASL, from the basics of grammar and syntax to the use of ASL in different contexts, such as education, healthcare, and the workplace. The book also includes a chapter on the history and culture of the deaf community. With clear and concise explanations, engaging examples, and helpful practice exercises, **Understanding and Teaching American Sign Language: A Guide for Students and Educators** makes learning ASL easy and enjoyable. Whether you are a deaf or hard of hearing individual who wants to learn more about ASL, a hearing individual who is interested in learning ASL, or an educator who wants to learn how to teach ASL, this book is the perfect resource for you. In **Understanding and Teaching American Sign Language: A Guide for Students and Educators**, you will discover: * The history and origins of ASL * The structure of ASL grammar and syntax * The different types of ASL handshapes and movements * How to use ASL to communicate in everyday situations * How to use ASL in different contexts, such as education, healthcare, and the workplace * The importance of ASL in the deaf community By the end of this book, you will have a solid foundation in ASL and be able to use it to communicate with deaf and hard of hearing individuals. You will also have a greater understanding of the deaf community and its culture. **Understanding and Teaching American Sign Language: A Guide for Students and Educators** is the perfect resource for anyone who wants to learn more about ASL. Whether you are a student, educator, or simply someone who is interested in learning a new language, this book has something for everyone. If you like this book, write a review on google books! |
| next week in asl: Signs of Rebirth Russell S. Kane, 2013-02-26 Reggie Rego Kelleher is a deaf American Sign Language professor who is very unhappy with his girlfriend and how he is living his life. He has closed himself off emotionally to everyone except his parents. He is shocked by a conversation he has with his father who reveals to him a secret about the family that rocks him to the core. Then, he has a harrowing near-death experience which forces him to re-evaluate his lifes priorities. After being in a coma and meeting his deceased relatives along with a totally unexpected visitor from the beyond, he comes out a much changed person with a new romantic interest and a brand-new outlook on his job at a community college in Las Vegas. |
| next week in asl: American Sign Language Ronnie Bring Wilbur, 1987 |
| next week in asl: From Verbal Periphrases to Complex Predicates Mar Garachana Camarero, Sandra Montserrat Buendia, Claus Dieter Pusch, 2022-11-15 This volume, which can be considered as a follow-up publication to Pusch & Wesch (2003), contains ten studies on verbal periphrases in a wide array of Romance languages, both in a synchronic and in a historic perspective. Thus, this collective volume addresses the Romance verbal periphrastic system as a whole. The aim of the contributions is twofold: on the one hand, the authors intend to enrich the knowledge about the inventory of verbal periphrases of Romance languages, both in descriptive and analytical terms. On the other hand, the volume seeks to provide new insights for the study of the grammatical, pragmatic, and cognitive foundations of verbal periphrases, in order to enlarge our comprehension of their genesis, their evolution and their usage. Languages treated in the contributions include Catalan, (European) French, Friulian, (European) Portuguese, Romanian, (European) Spanish, and Catalan Sign Language (LSC). |
| next week in asl: Figurative Language Comprehension Herbert L. Colston, Albert N. Katz, 2004-12-13 Figurative language, such as verbal irony, metaphor, hyperbole, idioms, and other forms is an increasingly important subfield within the empirical study of language comprehension and use. Figurative Language Comprehension: Social and Cultural Influences is an edited scholarly book that ties together recent research concerning the social and cultural influences on figurative language cognition. These influences include gender, cultural differences, economic status, and inter-group effects, among others. The effects these influences have on people's use, comprehension, and even processing of figurative language, comprise the main theme of this volume. No other book offers such a look at the social and cultural influences on a whole family of figurative forms at several levels of cognition. This volume is of great interest to scholars and professionals in the disciplines of social and cognitive psychology, psycholinguistics, and second language acquisition, as well as cognitive and other fields of linguistics where scholars have interests in pragmatics, metaphor, symbol, discourse, and narrative. Some knowledge of the empirical and experimental methods used in language research, as well as some familiarity with theories underlying the use, comprehension, and processing of figurative language would be helpful to readers of this book. |
| next week in asl: Learning Language through Task Repetition Martin Bygate, 2018-09-15 After more than 20 years of research, this is the first book-length treatment of second language task repetition – the repetition of encounters with a task that involve re-using the same content with the same overall purpose. The topic links task performance with the growing mastery of both the task and of relevant language, and constitutes a site with special potential to promote learning within and across language lessons, and for preparing students for assessment and of course real-world language performance. The volume assembles chapters that complement each other in interesting ways: significant background reviews, studies of patterns of change across task repetition iterations, and reports on the use and nature of task repetition in language classes in on-going programmes. Contributors draw on a variety of interpretive frameworks and report from a range of language educational contexts. The volume will be of interest to language researchers, teacher educators, teachers, and students, as well as others interested in the contribution of task repetition to learning. |
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