Table of contents
Part I
3 Typological approach to the study of language
3.1 Typological classification
3.1.1 Cross-linguistic comparison 3.2 Typology and language universals
4.1 Introduction
4.2 Grammatical categories for nouns
4.2.1 Number 4.2.2 Gender or noun class 4.2.3 Definiteness 4.2.4 Case 4.3. Relationships within the noun phrase
4.3.1 Head-initial languages vs. head-final languages 4.3.2 Head-marking languages vs. dependent-marking languages
5.1 Introduction
5.2.1 A simultaneous model 5.2.2 A sequential model 5.2.3 Fingerspelling 5.3 Iconicity and arbitrariness of a sign
5.4.1 Time relationships 5.4.2 The relationship between space and grammar
Part two: The noun phrase in Estonian Sign Language
6 Grammatical categories for ESL nouns
6.1 Number
6.1.1 Types of number marking 6.1.2 The locus of number marking 6.1.3 The position of the numeral and the quantifier vis-à-vis the head noun 6.2 Noun class
6.3 Definiteness
6.3.1 The position of INDEX vis-à-vis the head noun 6.4 Case
7 Possession in ESL noun phrases
7.1 Genitive/pronominal modifiers
7.2 Genitive/lexical modifiers
8 Adjectival modification in the ESL noun phrase
9 The order of (multiple) elements within the ESL noun phrase
10 Conclusion