Linguistics of American Sign Language, 5th Ed.

An Introduction

Fifth Edition, Completely Revised and Updated

By Clayton Valli, Ceil Lucas, Kristin J. Mulrooney, and Miako Villanueva

Categories: Linguistics
Imprint: Gallaudet University Press
Hardcover : 9781563685071, 596 pages, August 2011
Ebook : 9781944838881, 596 pages, August 2020
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Completely reorganized to reflect the growing intricacy of the study of ASL linguistics, the 5th edition presents 26 units in seven parts, including new sections on Black ASL and new sign demonstrations in accompanying video content.

 

Supplemental Signed Video Content

 

Description

Completely reorganized to reflect the growing intricacy of the study of ASL linguistics, the 5th edition presents 26 units in seven parts. Part One: Introduction presents a revision of Defining Language and an entirely new unit, Defining Linguistics. Part Two: Phonology has been completely updated with new terminology and examples. The third part, Morphology, features units on building new signs, deriving nouns from verbs, compounds, fingerspelling, and numeral incorporation. Part Four: Syntax includes units on basic sentence types, lexical categories, word order, time and aspect, verbs, and the function of space. The fifth part, Semantics, offers updates on the meanings of individual signs and sentences.

Part Six: Language in Use showcases an entirely new section on Black ASL in the unit on Variation and Historical Change. The units on bilingualism and language and ASL discourse have been thoroughly revised and updated, and the Language as Art unit has been enhanced with a new section on ASL in film. Two new readings update Part Seven, and all text illustrations have been replaced by video stills from the expanded video content. Also, signs described only with written explanations in past editions now have both photographic samples in the text and full demonstrations in the video.
You can find the supplemental video content on the Gallaudet University Press YouTube channel.
 

 

Clayton Valli was Assistant Professor in the Master’s Interpreting Program at Gallaudet University, Washington, DC.

Ceil Lucas is Professor of Linguistics in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Kristin J. Mulrooney is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.

Miako Villanueva is Assistant Professor in the Department of Linguistics at Gallaudet University.