Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- List of abbreviations -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The handshape phonology of Shanghai Sign Language -- 3 Phonological analysis of position, orientation and movement of signs -- 4 Sign language syllables: Evidence and characteristics -- 5 The syllable structure of Shanghai Sign Language -- 6 The suprasegmental functions of non-manual features in Shanghai Sign Language -- 7 Phonological processes in Shanghai Sign Language -- 8 The phonological analysis of prosody in Shanghai Sign Language -- 9 Conclusion -- Appendix I: Selected SHSL signs -- Appendix II: The 61 surface handshapes of SHSL -- Appendix III: The handshapes of Chinese pinyin -- References -- Index