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Australian Sign Language --- Deaf --- Interpreters for the deaf --- Translating and interpreting --- Translating --- Means of communication

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This is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of the structure of Auslan, providing an accessible overview of its grammar (how sentences are structured), phonology (the building blocks of signs), morphology (the structure of signs), lexicon (vocabulary), semantics (how meaning is created), and discourse (how Auslan is used in context). The authors also discuss a range of myths and misunderstandings about sign languages, provide an insight into the history and development of Auslan, and show how Auslan is related to other sign languages, such as those used in Britain, the USA and New Zealand. Complete with clear illustrations of the signs in use and useful further reading lists, this is an ideal resource for anyone interested in Auslan, as well as those seeking a clear, general introduction to sign language linguistics.

Australian Sign Language. --- Australian Sign Language --- #KVHA:Gebarentaal; Australië --- #KVHA:Taalkunde --- Auslan (Sign language) --- Sign language --- Sign language. --- Deaf --- Gesture language --- Language and languages --- Gesture --- Signs and symbols --- Arts and Humanities --- Language & Linguistics

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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 spatial grammar. Topics discussed range from properties of individual signs to structure of interrogative and negative sentences. The main interest is the manifestation of signing space - the articulatory space surrounding the signers - for grammatical purposes in Yolngu Sign Language.

Social Welfare & Social Work --- Social Sciences --- Disabilities --- Sign language. --- Australian Sign Language. --- Deaf --- Aboriginal Australians --- Means of communication --- Deaf-mutes --- Deaf people --- Deafness --- Auslan (Sign language) --- Gesture language --- Patients --- Sign language --- Hearing impaired --- Deafblind people --- Language and languages --- Gesture --- Signs and symbols --- Australian Aboriginal languages. --- Grammatical Space. --- Sign Language Typology. --- Yolngu Languages. --- Languages. --- Yolngu Matha language N230 --- Australien. --- Neuholland, Australien --- Australia --- Commonwealth of Australia --- Australischer Bund --- Australie --- Australier --- Aborigines --- 01.01.1901 --- -Grammatical Space.