Inuit Sign Language: a contribution to sign language typology

• Main Authors: Schuit, J., Baker, A., Pfau, R.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2011
• Subjects: inuit
• Online Access: https://dare.uva.nl/personal/pure/en/publications/inuit-sign-language-a-contribution-to-sign-language-typology(21dee7eb-b8cc-415c-a9a0-a07f5be05dbd).html; https://pure.uva.nl/ws/files/1423302/91960_Schuit_Baker_Pfau_2011_LiA4.pdf; http://linguisticsinamsterdam.nl/aclc/04/nr01/a01

Sign language typology is a fairly new research field and typological classifications have yet to be established. For spoken languages, these classifications are generally based on typological parameters; it would thus be desirable to establish these for sign languages. In this paper, different typological aspects of sign languages are described. With respect to their potential contribution towards a typological classification, data from Inuit Sign Language regarding verb agreement and classifiers will be considered. We will suggest two classifications based on these morphosyntactic parameters.