A Comparative Linguistics HandbookThis handbook is unique in the Deaf Studies field in that it compares and contrasts the phonological, morphological, syntactical and semantic structures of visual-spatial ASL and aural-oral English. [Kevin Struxness, MA; Virginia (Ginger) Marable, PhD; (2013) 225 pages; soft cover; spiral bound]
This handbook contains:
- Parts of speech, phrases & clauses: more than 1 000 paired examples
- Loan signs: 90 with explanations
- Idioms: 215 with translations
- Classifiers: 25 with examples
- Mouth morphemes: 50 with examples and illustrations at four levels
- Abbreviations & acronyms: 200 with translations
- Study questions & answers: 70 pages, beginning through advanced levels