The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research

<p><em>The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research </em>bridges the divide between theoretical and experimental approaches to provide an up-to-date survey of key topics in sign language research. With 29 chapters written by leading and emerging scholars from around the world, this <em>Handbook</em> covers the following key areas:</p><ul><li>On the theoretical side, all crucial aspects of sign language grammar studied within formal frameworks such as Generative Grammar</li><li>On the experimental side, theoretical accounts are supplemented by experimental evidence gained in psycho- and neurolinguistic studies</li><li>On the descriptive side, the main phenomena addressed in the reviewed scholarship are summarized in a way that is accessible to readers without previous knowledge of sign languages</li></ul><p>Each chapter features an introduction, an overview of existing research, and a critical assessment of hypotheses and findings. <i>The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research </i>is key reading for all advanced students and researchers working at the intersection of sign language research, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.</p><p>Chapters 5, 18 and 19 of this book are freely available as a downloadable Open Access PDF at http://www.taylorfrancis.com under a Creative Commons [Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives (CC-BY-NC-ND)] 4.0 license.</p>