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Brazilian Sign Language Studies
This book brings together a collection of studies on Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Research on Libras began in earnest 20 years ago, around the time that Libras was recognised as a national language of Brazil in 2002. Over the years, more and more deaf researchers have become sign language linguists, and the community of Libras scholars have documented this language and built robust resources for linguistic research. This book provides a selection of studies by these scholars, representing work in a variety of areas from phonology to creative literature.
Research Methods in Sign Language Studies
Research Methods in Sign Language Studies is a landmark work on sign language research, which spans the fields of linguistics, experimental and developmental psychology, brain research, and language assessment. Examines a broad range of topics, including ethical and political issues, key methodologies, and the collection of linguistic, cognitive, neuroscientific, and neuropsychological data Provides tips and recommendations to improve research quality at all levels and encourages readers to approach the field from the perspective of diversity rather than disability Incorporates research on sign languages from Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa Brings together top researchers on the subject from around the world, including many who are themselves deaf
Formal Approaches to Languages of South America
This book analyzes the linguistic diversity of South America based on approaches deeply rooted in the tradition of formal grammar. The chapters brought together in this contributed volume consider native languages all kinds of languages used in the region, including sign languages, indigenous languages and the romance languages (Portuguese and Spanish) originally introduced by European colonizers which underwent processes of transformation giving rise to new, local grammars. One fourth of the language families of the world are located in South America, but the majority of languages in the region are still understudied and out of the radar of theoretical linguistics mostly because their gramm...
Language by mouth and by hand
While most natural languages rely on speech, humans can spontaneously generate comparable linguistic systems that utilize manual gestures. This collection of papers examines the interaction between natural language and its phonetic vessels—human speech or manual gestures. We seek to identify what linguistic aspects are invariant across signed and spoken languages, and determine how the choice of the phonetic vessel shapes language structure, its processing and its neural implementation. We welcome rigorous empirical studies from a wide variety of perspectives, ranging from behavioral studies to brain analyses, diverse ages (from infants to adults), and multiple languages—both conventional and emerging home signs and sign languages.
Language Acquisition at the Interfaces
This volume is a collection of papers presented at the 12th Generative Approaches to Language Acquisition Conference held at the University of Nantes, France, in 2015. Language acquisition, a field of inquiry that has witnessed continuous growth during the past four decades, is central to building a detailed understanding of the human amazing capacity to develop language. The papers gathered here reflect the current research in the field of first, second and heritage language acquisition, addressing a variety of topics in syntax, semantics, phonology and their interfaces, from a wide range of languages such as Tashlhiyt Berber, English, German, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, European Portuguese, Heritage Portuguese, Romanian, Serbian, Heritage Sign Language, and Yudja. This volume will thus serve as a valuable reference guide to all scholars interested in (first/second/bilingual) language acquisition, multilingualism, heritage languages, sign language, language pathology and impairment, and experimental research in linguistics.
Formational Units in Sign Languages
Sign languages and spoken languages have an equal capacity to communicate our thoughts. Beyond this, however, while there are many similarities, there are also fascinating differences, caused primarily by the reaction of the human mind to different modalities, but also by some important social differences. The articulators are more visible and use larger muscles with consequent greater effort. It is difficult to visually attend to both a sign and an object at the same time. Iconicity is more systematic and more available in signs. The body, especially the face, plays a much larger role in sign. Sign languages are more frequently born anew as small groups of deaf people come together in villa...
Língua de Sinais Brasileira
Esta obra é de grande relevância no contexto da educação bilíngue para estudantes surdos, disseminando conhecimentos, embasando e fundamentando discussões acadêmicas, práticas pedagógicas e promovendo políticas que visam atender às necessidades dessa comunidade de forma mais eficaz. A educação bilíngue para surdos tem sido um campo importante de pesquisa e prática, visando garantir que os estudantes surdos tenham acesso a uma educação de qualidade que respeite sua língua e cultura. Base para políticas educacionais ou orientação para práticas pedagógicas, obras como essa desempenham um papel importante na construção de uma sociedade mais inclusiva e igualitária para as pessoas surdas.
The Linguistics of Sign Languages
How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign languages processed in the brain? These questions and many more are addressed in this introductory book on sign linguistics using examples from more than thirty different sign languages. Comparisons are also made with spoken languages. This book can be used as a self-study book or as a text book for students of sign linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary, some test-yourself questions and assignments, as well as a list of recommended texts for further reading. The book is accompanied by a website containing assignments, video clips and links to web resources.
Língua Brasileira de Sinais e Tecnologias Digitais
As tecnologias digitais estão presentes na comunicação de usuários de línguas de sinais surdos e ouvintes, facilitando a interação social e contribuindo para a difusão e o desenvolvimento de recursos e ferramentas em línguas de sinais, inclusive da Libras. Objetivando unir essas duas áreas e colaborar com sua maior integração, esta obra reúne capítulos escritos por pesquisadores, surdos e ouvintes, de diferentes áreas do conhecimento, como educação de surdos, linguística, design e informática na educação. Uso das tecnologias digitais para desenvolvimento, documentação, registro e divulgação das línguas de sinais; uso de redes sociais como ferramentas auxiliares na comunicação tanto em Libras como em língua portuguesa para surdos; diretrizes para projetos de recursos educacionais digitais e construção de ambientes virtuais de ensino e aprendizagem acessíveis para surdos; desenvolvimento de ambientes de design que possam facilitar a leitura em Libras; e aplicativos de tradução automática língua portuguesa-Libras são aqui abordados.
Educação e Neurociência
Por muitos anos, os conhecimentos neurocientíficos desenvolveram-se paralelamente aos do campo da educação, bem como os seus respectivos avanços tecnológicos. A aproximação entre estes saberes é bem recente e vem se mostrando útil e necessária para ambas as áreas. De fato, a educação precisa das bases neurofisiológicas, que se encontram associadas aos processos de aprendizagem humano. Por outro lado, a neurociência necessita compreender sobre o modo como se dá o processo de aprendizagem e, as técnicas que embasam tal processo. Tal integração é promissora e abre novas perspectivas a respeito dos transtornos de aprendizagem, do aprimoramento de métodos para um ensino ainda...
