Sign languages of the world : a comparative handbook / Edited by Julie Bakken Jepsen, Goedele De Clerck, Sam Lutalo-Kingi, William B. McGregor

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Introduction: sign language, with an emphasis on languages. -- The structure of this book. -- Sign languages of the world: facts and figures. -- Primera parte: Deaf sign language. -- American sign language / Carol Neidle and Joan Cottle Poole Nash. -- Argentine sign language / María Ignacio Massone and Rocío Anabel Martínez. -- Austrian sign language / Katharina Schalber. -- Brazilian sign language (Libras) / André Nogueira Xavier and Regina Pinheiro Agrella. -- Cambodian sign language / James Woodward, Anastasia Bradford, Chea Sokchea and Heang Samath. -- Chinese sign language / Junhui Yang. -- Danish sign language / William B. McGregor, Janne Boye Niemelä and Julie Bakken Jepsen. -- Eritrean sign language / Resent Tsegay Moges. -- Finish sign language / Rita Takkinen, Tommi Jantunen and Outi Ahonen. -- French sign language / Agnès Millet, Nathalie Niederberger, and Marion Blondel. -- Greek sign language / Galini Sapountzaki. -- Ha Noi sign language / James Woodward, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Hoang Lam, Nguyen Tuan Linh, Nguyen Minh Nhut and Nguyen Tran Thuy Tien. -- Hai Phong sing language / James Woodward. -- Hausa sign language / Constane H. Schmaling. -- Ho Chi Minh City sing language / James Woodward, Nguyen Thi Hoa, Nguyen Dinh Mong Giang, Le Thi Thu Huong, Luu Ngoc Tu and Ho Thu Van. -- Icelandic sign language / Kristín Lena Thorvaldsdóttir and Valgerður Stefánsdóttir. -- Inuit sign language (ISL) / Joke Schuit. -- Irish sign language / Lorraine Leeson, John I. Saeed and Carmel Grehan. -- Italian sign language / Carlo Geraci. -- Jamaican sign language / Karen Cumberbatch. -- Kenyan sign language / Hope E. Morgan, Shane K. Gilchrist, Evans N. Burichani and Jared O. Osame. -- Konchri said / Keren Cumberbatch. -- Kurdish sign language / Zana Jaza. -- Malaysian sign language (BIM) / Roger T. Bell, Zubaidah Ibrahim, Ho Koon Wei and Lucy Lim. -- Martha's vineyard sign language / Joan Cottle Poole Nash. -- Modern Thai sign language / James Woodward, Suksiri Danthanavanich and Peoungpaka Janyawong. -- Norwegian sign language / Irene Greftegreff, Tone-Britt Handberg and Odd-Ingre Schröder. -- Original Bangkok sign language / James Woodward and Thanu Wongchai. -- Original Chiang Mai sing language / James Woodward and Thanu Wongchai. -- Quebec sign language / Anne-Marie Parisot, Julie Rinfret, Suzanne Villeneuve and Amélie Voghel. -- Spanish sign language / Carmen Cabeza-Pereiro and Silvia Iglesias-Lago. -- Taiwan sign language / James Tai and Jane Tsay. -- Ugandan sign language / Sam Lutalo-Kiingi and Goedele A. M. De Clerck. -- Segunda parte: Alternate sign languages. -- Arandic alternate sign languages(s) / Jennifer Green and DAVID Wilkins. -- Monastic sign language from medieval to modern times / Suzanne Quay. -- The old english monastic sign language / Debby Banham. -- North American Indian sign language / Jeffrey Davis. -- Tshaukak'ui - hunting of the Ts'Ixa in Northern Botswana / Susanne Mohr.

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