- Introduction
- I. The Two Faces of Sign
- 1. Iconicity in Signs and Signing
- 2. Properties of Symbols in a Silent Language
- 3. Historical Change: From Iconic to Arbitrary
- II. The Structure of the Sign
- 4. Remembering without Words: Manual Memory
- 5. Slips of the Hands
- 6. A Comparison of Chinese and American Signs
- 7. A Feature Analysis of Handshapes
- 8. The Rate of Speaking and Signing
- III. Grammatical Processes
- 9. On the Creation of New Lexical Items by Compounding
- 10. Linguistic Expression of Category Levels
- 11. Aspectual Modulations on Adjectival Predicates
- 12. The Structured Use of Space and Movement: Morphological Processes
- IV. The Heightened Use of Language
- 13. Wit and Plays on Signs
- 14. Poetry and Song in a Language without Sound
- Appendix A. Notation
- Appendix B. Conventions Employed in Illustrations
- Notes
- References
- Index
The Signs of Language
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ISBN 9780674807969
Publication Date: 10/15/1988
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