Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- List of figures -- List of tables -- 1 Introduction and Background of Kenyan Sign Language -- 2 Methodology -- 3 Minimal pairs and the phonological analysis -- 4 Handshape -- 5 Location -- 6 Core Articulatory Movements -- 7 Manner of Movement -- 8 Other distinctive features and characteristics of KSL signs -- 9 Conclusion and future directions -- Appendix 1: Fields in the KSL Lexical Database -- Appendix 2: Representation of phonological structure in three models -- Appendix 3: Inventory of KSL Handshapes -- Appendix 4: Chart of Handshape minimal pair contrasts -- Appendix 5: Fingerspelling Alphabet in KSL (southwestern Kenya) -- Appendix 6: Motivated handshapes in KSL -- Appendix 7: Phonetic Locations in KSL Database -- Appendix 8: Chart of Location minimal pair contrasts -- Appendix 9: Inventory of KSL Locations -- References -- Index