Table of Contents

Part I. The Geometry of Visual Phonology: 1. Sign and speech; 2. Visual phonology; 3. A guide to the thesis; Part II. Hand Prism: 1. 'Traditional' sign parameters; 2. Hands that move; 3. Handshape; 4. Hand orientation; Part III. Signing Space: 1. Local signing space; 2. Global signing space; 3. Discourse signing space; 4. The hand in the signing space; 5. Signing spaces, locations, and orientations; Part IV. The Transition Unit: 1. Change in location; 2. Change in handshape; 3. Change in orientation; 4. Moving on; Part V. The Cell: 1. Simple signs; 2. Agreement verbs; 3. Transition unit and cell; Part VI. Segment and Syllable: 1. Consonants, vowels, and syllables; 2. Segments and features; 3. Feature geometry and segments; Part VII. A Different Mode: 1. The geometry of visual phonology; 2. The phonology of visual geometry; 3. Segment, syllable, unit transition, and cell; 4. Universal phonology.