In this book, an Australian Aboriginal sign language used by Indigenous people in the North East Arnhem Land (Northern Territory) is described on the level of s
Language use is fundamentally multimodal. Speakers use their hands to point to locations, to represent content and to comment on ongoing talk; they position the
This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to
Understanding Linguistic Fieldwork offers a diverse and practical introduction to research methods used in field linguistics. Designed to teach students how to
This book provides an overview of approaches to language and culture, and it outlines the broad interdisciplinary field of anthropological linguistics and lingu
