International Review of Sign Linguistics

<p><i>The International Review of Sign Linguistics</i> -- which replaces the <i>International Journal of Sign Linguistics</i> -- is planned as an annual series publishing the most up-to-date scholarly work in all aspects of sign language linguistics. There is no other comparable publication. The international community of sign linguists needs an authoritative outlet for its research findings. <i>IRSL</i> provides this forum for sign linguists, and for those mainstream linguists increasingly interested in sign languages, by filling the void in linguistic analysis of sign language -- as opposed to other concerns, such as deaf education, teaching sign languages, training interpreters, etc. -- and by pulling together in one place linguistic dialogue on sign language structure. It provides a scholarly focus for all linguists who need to remain current with developments in sign linguistics. For the growing international community, <i>IRSL</i> provides a focus for developments within the field and for advancement of the field in scattered research communities. <br><br> This review contains seven articles covering a wide range of linguistic areas, signed languages, and theoretical perspectives. Papers deal with the lexicon, morphology, phonology, syntax, pragmatics, prosody, metalinguistic issues, and socio-historical change. Five signed languages are represented including American, German, Australian, French, and Israeli.</p> <p><b>Contents: S.D. Fischer,</b> By the Numbers: Language-Internal Evidence for Creolization. <b>H. Ebbinghaus, J. Hessmann,</b> Signs & Words: Accounting for Spoken Elements in German Sign Language. <b>T. Johnston,</b> Function and Medium in the Forms of Linguistic Expression Found in a Sign Language. <b>A. Stavans,</b> One, Two or More: The Expression of Number in Israeli Sign Language. <b>W. Sandler,</b> Representing Handshapes. <b>C.T. Boster,</b> On the Quantifier-Noun Phrase Split in American Sign Language and the Structure of Quantified Noun Phrases. <b>R.B. Wilbur,</b> Evidence for the Function and Structure of Wh-Clefts in American Sound Language.</p>