A matter of complexity subordination in sign languages

Since natural languages exist in two different modalities – the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the auditory-oral modality of spoken languages – it is obvious that all fields of research in modern linguistics will benefit from research on sign languages. Although previous studies have...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Pfau, Roland (auth), Pfau, Roland, editor (editor), Steinbach, Markus, editor, Herrmann, Annika, editor
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter 2016
[2016]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Sign languages and deaf communities ; 6.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009423662706719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Notational conventions and sign language acronyms
  • Complex sentences in sign languages : modality, typology, discourse / Roland Pfau & Markus Steinbach
  • Preference for clause order in complex sentences with adverbial clauses in American sign language / Ronnie B. Wilbur
  • Observations on clausal complementation in Turkish sign language / Asli Göksel & Meltem Kelepir
  • An in-depth tour into sentential complementation in Italian sign language / Carlo Geraci & Valentina Aristodemo
  • Embedding polar interrogative clauses in American sign language / Kathryn Davidson & Ivano Caponigro
  • Relativization in Italian sign language : the missing link of relativization / Carlo Cecchetto & Caterina Donati
  • Reporting with and without role shift: sign language strategies of complementation / Josep Quer
  • An annotation scheme to investigate the form and function of hand dominance in the corpus NGT / Onno Crasborn & Anna Sáfár
  • Language index
  • Subject index
  • List of contributors.