Letter from the Editor

In this issue, we present a special section containing papers that arose from a conference, sponsored by the European Science Foundation, on signed language phonology. The papers are concerned particularly with the relationship between phonology and the study of poetry. It is perhaps a sign of the growing maturity of the field of signed language studies that issues of poetics are now being discussed (see, for example, Christopher Krentz’s review of a book on this topic by Jim Cohn in Sign Language Studies vol. 1, no. 3). Like all languages, signed languages have uses that go beyond the utilitarian into areas that are generally termed artistic, or poetic, and we are very pleased to have the opportunity to present these articles. The special section was edited by Rachel Sutton-Spence of Bristol University and Harry van der Hulst of the University of Connecticut.

Brief Notice

Recherches Linguistiques de Vincennes, no. 29, 2000. Langage et surdité (Language and deafness).

This publication of the Presses Universitaires de Vincennes contains a collection of articles, most in French, some in English, concerning issues in the phonology, morphology, and poetics of signed languages. Authors include Marion Blondel, Laurice Tuller, Christian Cuxac, Dawn MacLaughlin, Benjamin Bahan, Christopher Miller, and Jill Morford.

 

David F. Armstrong

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