With or Without Speech: Arandic Sign Language from Central Australia

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dc.contributor.authorGreen, Jennifer
dc.contributor.authorWilkins, David
dc.date.accessioned2015-12-13T22:17:39Z
dc.date.issued2014
dc.date.updated2015-12-11T07:35:43Z
dc.description.abstractAustralia is home to Indigenous sign languages of varying degrees of complexity. In this paper we describe some of the features of the sign language(s) used in Arandic speaking communities of Central Australia. These sign languages have been referred to as alternate because they are semiotic systems that are not usually the primary mode of communication of a community, but rather a form of communication used alongside other semiotic systems, including speech and drawing practices. We give examples of sign use in different contexts-both with and without co-occurring speech. We draw attention to examples where the contribution that sign makes to complex utterances is in addition, or complementary, to that provided by other semiotic means. A better understanding of alternate sign languages in comparison with spoken languages on the one hand, and primary sign languages and other semiotic systems on the other will help us conceptualize the limits and powers of the human semiotic capacity.
dc.identifier.issn0726-8602
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/71256
dc.publisherRoutledge, Taylor & Francis Group
dc.sourceAustralian Journal of Linguistics
dc.titleWith or Without Speech: Arandic Sign Language from Central Australia
dc.typeJournal article
local.bibliographicCitation.issue2
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage261
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage234
local.contributor.affiliationGreen, Jennifer, University of Malbourne
local.contributor.affiliationWilkins, David, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANU
local.contributor.authoremailu1488980@anu.edu.au
local.contributor.authoruidWilkins, David, u1488980
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIES
local.identifier.absfor170000 - PSYCHOLOGY AND COGNITIVE SCIENCES
local.identifier.ariespublicationU3488905xPUB2630
local.identifier.citationvolume34
local.identifier.doi10.1080/07268602.2014.887407
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-84898726599
local.identifier.thomsonID000334065000004
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByU3488905
local.type.statusPublished Version

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