Table of Contents

1. Foreword (by Baker, Anne); 2. Sign languages as natural languages (by Baker, Anne); 3. Psycholinguistics (by Schermer, Trude); 4. Acquisition (by Baker, Anne); 5. Interaction and discourse (by Baker, Anne); 6. Constituents and word classes (by Baker, Anne); 7. Syntax: simple sentences (by Pfau, Roland); 8. Syntax: complex sentences (by Pfau, Roland); 9. Lexicon (by Schermer, Trude); 10. Morphology (by Pfau, Roland); 11. Phonetics (by Crasborn, Onno A.); 12. Phonology (by Kooij, Els van der); 13. Language variation and standardisation (by Schermer, Trude); 14. Language contact and change (by Schermer, Trude); 15. Bilingualism and deaf education (by Bogaerde, Beppie van den); 16. Appendix 1: Notation conventions; 17. Appendix 2: Examples of manual alphabets; 18. References; 19. Index