Interrogative and Negative Constructions in Sign Language

• Main Author: Zeshan, Ulrike (auth)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Nijmegen Ishara Press 2006
• Series: Sign Language Typology Series 1
• Subjects: Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication; sign language; Affirmation and negation; American Sign Language; Deaf culture; Indo-Pakistani Sign Language; Interrogative word; Linguistic typology
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

THE FIRST VOLUME IN THE SIGN LANGUAGE TYPOLOGY SERIES includes data on interrogative and negative constructions from 35 sign languages around the world. In a truly pioneering undertaking, the editor and the contributors from eight different countries open up to the reader the universe of typological...