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Australian sign language (Auslan)

by Trevor Johnston

First published 2007 · 338 pages

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A text on the linguistics of Auslan (Australian Sign Language). It starts with a brief intro into language and linguistics, then the social context of Auslan, the history of Auslan and other sign languages, and then covers the linguistic features of Auslan in detail, and finishes with a section on the issues in the study of signed languages.

  • Australian Sign Language
  • Gebarentaal
  • sign languages
  • Deaf
  • Deaf culture
  • language
  • foreign language
  • Sign language

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