PART 3 Lexicon
The present Part introduces the reader to the Lexicon of LIS.
The first Chapter (LEXICON 1) illustrates the signs, displaying fixed phonological patterns, shared by the community of signers. These signs belong to the native lexicon. The chapter follows the common distinction between core and non-core lexicon and describes the morphophonological properties of each category.
The second Chapter (LEXICON 2) explains the processes whereby signs belonging to other languages (signed or spoken) become part of the LIS lexicon. These forms belong to the non-native lexicon.
The last Chapter (LEXICON 3), which deals with parts of speech, offers a detailed description of the lexical and functional elements found in the LIS Lexicon.
