Semantic Fields in Sign Languages. Colour, Kinship and Quantification

• मुख्य लेखक: Zeshan, Ulrike (auth)
• अन्य लेखक: Sagara, Keiko (auth)
• स्वरूप: इलेक्ट्रोनिक पुस्तक अध्याय
• भाषा: अंग्रेज़ी
• प्रकाशित: De Gruyter 2016
• श्रृंखला: Sign Language Typology [SLT]
• विषय: Deaf Studies; Linguistics; Typology; Sign Language
• ऑनलाइन पहुंच: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

This book presents primary data and typological comparisons across sign languages with respect to three semantic fields: kinship terms, colour terms and quantification. Based on a large-scale study of 32 sign languages from all over the world, these topics are explored in 10 sign languages, accompan...