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Sign languages of aboriginal Australia : cultural, semiotic and communicative perspectives
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Aboriginal sign languages observed: a history, signs of kinship, and two versions of a Warlpiri story.Abstract:
List of illustrations Preface Orthographic conventions and descriptive terms 1 Introduction 2 Aboriginal sign languages observed: a history 3 Aboriginal sign languages observed: geographical review 4 North central desert background 5 Sign structures 6 Sign forming and sign meaning 7 Sign organization and word structure 8 Signing spoken language grammar 9 Discourse in sign and speech 10 Signing and speaking simultaneously 11 Signs of kinship 12 Comparing Aboriginal sign languages 13 Australian Aboriginal sign languages and other semiotic systems 14 Aboriginal interaction and Aboriginal sign language Appendix I Sign notation symbols Appendix II Two versions of a Warlpiri story References Index of signs General indexread more
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