Schlesinger / Namir Sign Language of the Deaf

Psychological, Linguistic, and Sociological Perspectives
1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-4832-7195-8
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark

E-Book, Englisch, 394 Seiten, Web PDF

Sign Language of the Deaf: Psychological, Linguistic, and Sociological Perspectives provides information pertinent to the psychological, educational, social, and linguistic aspects of sign language. This book presents the development in the study of sign language. Organized into four parts encompassing 10 chapters, this book begins with an overview of the fascinating account of sign language acquisition by small children. This text then explores the grammar of sign language and discusses the linguistic status of natural and contrived sign languages. Other chapters consider the many peculiarities of the lexicon and grammar of sign language, and its differences in such respects from oral language. This book discusses as well sign language from the angle of psycholinguistics. The final chapter deals with the educational implications of the use of sign language. This book is a valuable resource for linguists and psycholinguists. Readers who are interested in sign language will also find this book useful.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schlesinger, I. M.

Namir, Lila

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Speech and Language: Advances in Basic Research and Practice;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Table of Contents;6
5;List of Contributors;10
6;Preface;12
7;Contents of Previous Volumes;14
8;Chapter 1. Auditory Discrimination: Evaluation and Intervention;18
8.1;I. INTRODUCTION;18
8.2;II. AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION: EVALUATION;20
8.3;III. AUDITORY DISCRIMINATION: INTERVENTION;53
8.4;IV. SUMMARY;66
8.5;References;69
9;Chapter 2. Evaluation and Treatment of Auditory Deficits in Adult Brain-Damaged Patients;76
9.1;I. INTRODUCTION;76
9.2;II. HISTORICAL INTEREST IN THE AUDITORY PROCESSING DEFICITS IN BRAIN-DAMAGED ADULTS;77
9.3;III. CONSIDERATIONS APPLICABLE TO THE ASSESSMENT OF AUDITORY DISORDERS;79
9.4;IV. TREATMENT PLANNING FOR PATIENTS WITH AUDITORY PROCESSING DEFICITS;86
9.5;V. SOME SUGGESTIONS FOR THE FUTURE;114
9.6;VI. SUMMARY;115
9.7;References;116
10;Chapter 3. A Pragmatic Approach to Phonological Systems of Deaf Speakers;120
10.1;I. INTRODUCTION;120
10.2;II. METHODS OF DATA ACQUISITION IN RESEARCH ON DEAF SPEECH;123
10.3;III. A FUNCTIONAL TAXONOMY OF PHONOLOGICAL ERRORS IN DEAF SPEAKERS;127
10.4;IV. VOWEL AND SUPRASEGMENTAL ERRORS;147
10.5;V. CONCLUSIONS;153
10.6;Acknowledgments;154
10.7;References;154
11;Chapter 4. Speech and Language Characteristics of an Aging Population;160
11.1;I. INTRODUCTION;161
11.2;II. HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE;162
11.3;III. A THEORETICAL MODEL OF COMMUNICATION CHANGE IN THE AGING;164
11.4;IV. CURRENT RESEARCH RESULTS;177
11.5;V. THE ACOUSTIC CHARACTERISTICS OF AN AGING POPULATION;184
11.6;VI. LINGUISTIC RESULTS;198
11.7;VII. RELATIONSHIPS AMONG ACOUSTIC, PERCEPTUAL, AND LINGUISTIC CHARACTERISTICS;209
11.8;VIII. RESEARCH NEEDS;215
11.9;References;216
12;Chapter 5. Language and Cognitive Assessment of Black Children;220
12.1;I. INTRODUCTION;220
12.2;II. UNDERSTANDING BLACK ENGLISH;222
12.3;III. ASSESSMENT PRINCIPLES;236
12.4;IV. ALTERNATIVE ASSESSMENT STRATEGIES;254
12.5;V. CONCLUSION;272
12.6;References;272
13;Chapter 6. Effect of Aberrant Supralaryngeal Vocal Tracts on Transfer Function;282
13.1;I. INTRODUCTION;282
13.2;II. DESCRIPTION OF PATIENT POPULATION;291
13.3;III. ACOUSTICAL STUDIES;293
13.4;IV. ASSESSMENT OF CURRENT STATUS;316
13.5;Acknowledgment;319
13.6;References;319
14;Chapter 7. The Human Tongue: Normal Structure and Function and Associated Pathologies;322
14.1;I. INTRODUCTION;323
14.2;II. COMPARATIVE ANATOMY;323
14.3;III. DEVELOPMENTAL ANATOMY;329
14.4;IV. MUSCLES;332
14.5;V. INNERVATION;337
14.6;VI. BLOOD SUPPLY;343
14.7;VII. GUSTATORY SYSTEM;347
14.8;VIII. PHYSIOLOGY;353
14.9;IX. PATHOLOGIES;356
14.10;X. SYNDROMES;378
14.11;XI. CONCLUDING REMARKS;388
14.12;References;388
15;Chapter 8. From an Acoustic Stream to a Phonological Representation: The Perception of Fluent Speech;392
15.1;I. PHONETIC PERCEPTION;393
15.2;II. THE QUESTION OF UNITS;401
15.3;III. MODELING THE PERCEPTION OF FLUENT SPEECH;407
15.4;IV. CONCLUSION;423
15.5;Acknowledgments;425
15.6;References;425
16;Chapter 9. Estimation of Glottal Volume Velocity Waveform Properties: A Review and Study of Some Methodological Assumptions;428
16.1;I. INTRODUCTION;429
16.2;II. PART 1: A REVIEW OF METHODS USED TO ESTIMATE GLOTTAL VOLUME VELOCITY WAVEFORM PROPERTIES;429
16.3;III. PART 2: AN EVALUATION OF THE UNIFORMITY ASSUMPTION UNDERLYING THE REFLECTIONLESS TUBE METHOD;437
16.4;References;487
17;Index;492