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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 stud...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Herrmann, Annika (Editor ), Pfau, Roland (Editor ), Steinbach, Markus (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, 2016.
Colección:Sign languages and deaf communities ; 6.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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.