Current Directions in Turkish Sign Language Research

by Engin Arik (Editor)

Overview

This book aims to contribute to our knowledge of Turkish Sign Language (Ti D), and sign language linguistics in general. Ti D is a relatively old signed language, and is, at present, believed to be historically unrelated to other signed languages. Linguistic studies on this language started in the early 2000s. There has been growing academic interest and an increasing body of work on Ti D within the past decade, enhancing the need for this book, which brings together chapters covering a variety of topics, such as the history of deaf education and Ti D, issues regarding language documentation, a phonological study of fingerspelling, reciprocals, interrogatives, reported utterances, expressions of spatial relations including their acquisitions, and expressions of multiple entities. This book was supported in part by the TUBi TAK Research Fund, Project No. 111K314. This edited volume serves as a useful resource for newcomers to the field, gives new momentum to future research on Ti D, and offers unique perspectives in investigating sign languages in general. Finally, the intention is that the conversations within this volume will open up new discussions not only within sign linguistics, but also in other related fields such as cognitive science.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781443849555
Publisher:	Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2013
Pages:	320
Product dimensions:	7.20(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.50(d)

About the Author

Engin Arik received his Ph D in 2009 from Purdue University is a psycholinguist interested in the relationship between language and cognition in signed and spoken languages. He is Assistant Professor of Psychology at Dogus University, Istanbul. He is the author of the book A Crosslinguistic Study of the Language of Space: Sign and Spoken Languages.

Table of Contents

List of Figures vii

List of Tables xi

Abbreviations xiii

Contributors xvii

Chapter 1 Introduction: Previous and Current Research on Turkish Sign Language (TID) Engin Arik 1

Chapter 2 Communicative Practices of Deaf People in Turkey and the Sociolinguistics of Turkish Sign Language Deniz Ilkbasaran 19

Chapter 3 Documenting Turkish Sign Language (TID): A Report on a Research Project A. Sumru Özsoy Engin Arik Asli Göksel Meltem Kelepir Derya Nuhbalaoglu 55

Chapter 4 Hand Reversal and Assimilation in TID Lexicalized Fingerspelling Süleyman S. Tasçi 71

Chapter 5 The Phonology and Phonetics of Reciprocals in Turkish Sign Language (TID) Okan Kubus Annette Hohenberger 101

Chapter 6 Interrogatives in Turkish Sign Language (TID): The Role of Eyebrows Bahtiyar Makaroglu 143

Chapter 7 Wh-movement in Turkish Sign Language Selçuk Issever Bahtiyar Makaroglu 167

Chapter 8 Aspects of Reported Utterances in Turkish Sign Language Meltem Kelepir Asli Göksel 191

Chapter 9 Expressions of Space in Turkish Sign Language Engin Arik 219

Chapter 10 Acquisition of Locative Expressions in Children Learning Turkish Sign Language (TID) and Turkish Beyza Sümer Inge Zwitserlood Pamela Perniss Asli Özyürek 243

Chapter 11 Expression of Multiple Entities in Turkish Sign Language (TID) Inge Zwitserlood Pamela Perniss Asli Özyürek 273

Subject Index 303