Branchini Chiara, Mantovan Lara (Eds.). A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

Edizioni Ca'Foscari, 2020. — 831 p. — (Lingue dei segni e sordità 1).A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS) is a comprehensive presentation of the grammatical properties of LIS. It has been conceived as a tool for students, teachers, interpreters, the Deaf community, researchers, linguists and whoever is interested in the study of LIS. It is one output of the Horizon 2020 SIGN-HUB project. It is composed of six Parts: Part 1 devoted to the social and historical background in which the language has developed, and five Parts covering the main properties of Phonology, Lexicon, Morphology, Syntax and Pragmatics.