RIT Libraries Recent Acquisitions - Deafness

Shaman / Noah Gordon

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: In a saga set against the backdrop of the Civil War and the wide-open prairie of frontier Illinois, Rob J. finds love with a strong pioneer woman, and their sons grow to manhood. Reprint. NYT.

Added: Wednesday, Oct 8 2008

Dietro Il Mondo. [Part One] = Beyond the World =Detra's Del Mundo [videorecording] : / [produced and Directed By Daniele Le Rose; Screenplay By Daniele Le Rose & Luigi Lerose.]

Wed, 08 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Wednesday, Oct 8 2008

T4 : a Novel in Verse / By Ann Clare LeZotte

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: It is 1939. Paula Becker, thirteen years old and deaf, lives with her family in a rural German town. As rumors swirl of disabled children quietly disappearing, a priest comes to her family's door with an offer to shield Paula from an uncertain fate. When the sanctuary he offers is fleeting, Paula needs to call upon all her strength to stay one step ahead of the Nazis.

Added: Tuesday, Oct 7 2008

The Semiotics of Subtitling / Zoe De Linde and Neil Kay

Mon, 29 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Monday, Sep 29 2008

Gesture and Thought / David McNeill

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: Gesturing is such an integral yet unconscious part of communication that we are mostly oblivious to it. But if you observe anyone in conversation, you are likely to see his or her fingers, hands, and arms in some form of spontaneous motion. Why? David McNeill, a pioneer in the ongoing study of the relationship between gesture and language, set about answering this question over twenty-five years ago. In Gesture and Thought he brings together years of this research, arguing that gesturing, an act which has been popularly understood as an accessory to speech, is actually a dialectical component of language. Gesture and Thought expands on McNeill's acclaimed classic Hand and Mind. While that earlier work demonstrated what gestures reveal about thought, here gestures are shown to be active participants in both speaking and thinking. Expanding on an approach introduced by Lev Vygotsky in the 1930s, McNeill posits that gestures are key ingredients in an "imagery-language dialectic" that fuels both speech and thought. Gestures are both the "imagery" and components of "language." The smallest element of this dialectic is the "growth point," a snapshot of an utterance at its beginning psychological stage. Utilizing several innovative experiments he created and administered with subjects spanning several different age, gender, and language groups, McNeill shows how growth points organize themselves into utterances and extend to discourse at the moment of speaking. An ambitious project in the ongoing study of the relationship of human communication and thought, Gesture and Thought is a work of such consequence that it will influence all subsequent theory on the subject. (20050516)

Added: Wednesday, Sep 17 2008

Flowers for the Broken : Stories / By Benjamin Alire Saenz

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: a new collection of stories by this Chicano writer

Added: Monday, Sep 15 2008

Laugh. Learn. Sign. [videorecording]

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Sep 11 2008

ASL Skits & Stories [videorecording]

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Sep 11 2008

ABC Stories [videorecording]

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Sep 11 2008

Upon the Formation of a Deaf Variety of the Human Race / By Alexander Graham Bell

Thu, 11 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Sep 11 2008

Visible Variation : Comparative Studies on Sign Language Structure / Edited By Pamela M. Perniss, Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: It has been argued that properties of the visual-gestural modality impose a homogenizing effect on sign languages, leading to less structural variation in sign language structure as compared to spoken language structure. However, until recently, research on sign languages was limited to a number of (Western) sign languages. Before we can truly answer the question of whether modality effects do indeed cause less structural variation, it is necessary to investigate the similarities and differences that exist between sign languages in more detail and, especially, to include in this investigation less studied sign languages. The current research climate is testimony to a surge of interest in the study of a geographically more diverse range of sign languages. The volume reflects that climate and brings together work by scholars engaging in comparative sign linguistics research. The 11 articles discuss data from many different signed and spoken languages and cover a wide range of topics from different areas of grammar including phonology (word pictures), morphology (pronouns, negation, and auxiliaries), syntax (word order, interrogative clauses, auxiliaries, negation, and referential shift) and pragmatics (modal meaning and referential shift). In addition to this, the contributions address psycholinguistic issues, aspects of language change, and issues concerning data collection in sign languages, thereby providing methodological guidelines for further research. Although some papers use a specific theoretical framework for analyzing the data, the volume clearly focuses on empirical and descriptive aspects of sign language variation.

Added: Thursday, Sep 4 2008

Verbal and Signed Languages : Comparing Structures, Constructs and Methodologies / Edited By Elena Pizzuto, Paola Pietrandrea, Raffaele Simone

Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Description: This book is the first to explore how much ofí� knowledge based on research on spoken languages needs to be refined in the light of the growing field of sign linguistics. Drawing upon a broad cross-linguistic perspective, the contributors focus on topics of general theoretical interest: linearity and arbitrariness principles, definition of units and levels of analysis, expression of grammatical categories, semantic relations, and cohesion mechanisms. The book is of interest to language typologists, theoretical and descriptive linguists, scholars iní� the fields of semiotics, anthropology, gesture studies, and cognitive sciences at large.

Added: Thursday, Sep 4 2008

Crossing Borders in Community Interpreting : Definitions and Dilemmas / Edited By Carmen Valero-Garces, Anne Martin

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Monday, Aug 25 2008

Gesture and the Dynamic Dimension of Language : Essays in Honor of David McNeill / Edited By Susan D. Duncan, Justine Cassell, Elena T. Levy

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Monday, Aug 25 2008

Art Therapy and Anger / Edited By Marian Liebmann

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Monday, Aug 25 2008

Signing Fiesta. Series 1 [videorecording] / with Connie Branney, Merced Gonzalez ; New Rule Productions ; Produced By Connie Branney, Merced Gonzalez ; Directed & Edited By Ryan Johnson

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Aug 21 2008

Signing Fiesta. 11, La Boda (The Wedding) [videorecording] : Sign Language Instructional Video / New Rule Productions ; Director, Ryan C. Johnson ; Producer, Connie Salvador

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Aug 21 2008

War [videorecording] : This Video Teaches Beginning and Intermediate Interpreters Vocabulary Related to War / Connie Salvador

Thu, 21 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Aug 21 2008

Linguistic Terminology Explained in ASL [videorecording]

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Wednesday, Aug 20 2008

About ASL Teaching [videorecording]

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:00:00 EDT

Added: Thursday, Aug 14 2008