Here, in prose as rich as the high Renaissance, is Mona Lisa's tale. Press, 1996), ''Humour in sign languages: The linguistic underpinnings'' (with Rachel Sutton-Spence) (Dublin: Trinity Press, 2009), and ''L'animale parlante'' ("The speaking animal") (2004), written with Marina Nespor, along with dozens of articles in the scholarly journals.Hers is the most famous portrait in the world. Press, 1993), ''Linguistics: An introduction '' (Oxford: Oxford Univ.
Press, 1979), ''Syntax: Theory and Problems'' (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Her publications in linguistics include ''Syntactic argumentation'' (with Emily Rando). Napoli has won numerous awards for her work, including the Golden Kite Award given by the Society of Children’s Book Writers and Illustrators (for ''Stones in Water'', and honor book ''Breath''), the Sydney Taylor Award given by the Association of Jewish Libraries (for ''Stones in Water'', and, honor book, ''The King of Mulberry Street'' and the Parents' Choice Gold Award (for ''Alligator Bayou'' and Silver awards for ''North'' and ''The King of Mulberry Street''). Other children's stories are historical fiction based in Italy, including ''Daughter of Venice'', ''For the Love of Venice'', and ''The Smile''. Many of her children's books are retellings of fairy tales, including ''The Magic Circle'', ''Crazy Jack'', ''Spinners'', ''Zel'', ''Breath'', ''Bound'', ''Beast'', and ''The Wager'' for older children, and ''The Prince of the Pond'', ''Ugly'', and ''Mogo the Third Warthog'' for younger children. Her children's books have been translated into many languages, including different sign languages. She currently is a professor at Swarthmore College teaching Linguistics in all different forms ( music, Theater (structure), dance, Comparative Literature Studies).She has also taught linguistics at Smith College, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Georgetown University, the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor, the University of Pennsylvania, She has worked in syntax, phonetics, phonology, morphology, historical and comparative linguistics, Romance studies, structure of American Sign Language, poetics, writing for ESL students, and mathematical and linguistic analysis of folk dance. Donna Jo Napoli Donna Jo Napoli (born February 28, 1948) is an American writer of children's and young adult fiction, as well as a linguist.
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