On relativization and clefting an analysis of Italian sign language

This work is a contribution to our understanding of relativization strategies and clefting in Italian Sign Language, and more broadly, to our understanding of these constructions in world languages by setting the discussion on the theories that have been proposed in the literature of spoken language...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Branchini, Chiara, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter 2015
[2014]
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Sign languages and deaf communities ; 5.
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Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009428247806719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Front matter
  • Acknowledgements
  • Contents
  • List of figures
  • Notational conventions
  • Sign language acronyms
  • General Introduction
  • Part I: Introducing Italian Sign Language (LIS)
  • 1. Italian Sign Language and the Italian Deaf community
  • 2. A syntactic outline of Italian Sign Language (LIS)
  • Part II: On Relativization
  • 3. Relativization strategies in spoken languages
  • 4. Relative clauses in sign languages: A typological survey
  • 5. Some methodological issues
  • 6. An internally headed relative clause analysis for LIS relative structures
  • Part III: On Clefting
  • 7. Clefting in spoken languages
  • 8. An analysis of LIS cleft constructions
  • Conclusions
  • Notes
  • References
  • Index