Umfang:
1 Online-Ressource (270 Seiten)
ISBN:
9781501503238
,
9781501503016
Serie:
Sign languages and deaf communities 6
Inhalt:
Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Notational conventions -- Sign language acronyms -- Complex sentences in sign languages: Modality - typology - discourse -- Preference for clause order in complex sentences with adverbial clauses in American Sign Language -- Observations on clausal complementation in Turkish Sign Language -- An in-depth tour into sentential complementation in Italian Sign Language -- Embedding polar interrogative clauses in American Sign Language -- Relativization in Italian Sign Language: the missing link of relativization -- Reporting with and without role shift: sign language strategies of complementation -- An annotation scheme to investigate the form and function of hand dominance in the Corpus NGT -- Language index -- Subject index -- Contributors
Inhalt:
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 provided important insights into a wide range of phenomena of sign languages, there are still many aspects of sign languages that have not yet been investigated thoroughly. The structure of subordinated clauses is a case in point. The study of these complex syntactic structures in the visual-gestural modality adds to our understanding of linguistic variation in the domain of subordination. Moreover, it offers new empirical and theoretical evidence concerning possible structures and functions of subordination in natural languages. And last but not least, it answers the question to what extent the corresponding morphosyntactic and prosodic strategies depend on the modality of articulation and perception. This volume represents the first collection of papers by leading experts in the field investigating topics that go beyond the analysis of simple clauses. It thus contributes in innovative ways to recent debates about syntax, prosody, semantics, discourse structure, and information structure and their complex interrelation
Weitere Ausg.:
ISBN 9781501511332
Weitere Ausg.:
Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe A matter of complexity Preston, UK : Ishara Press, 2016 ISBN 9781501511332
Sprache:
Englisch
Fachgebiete:
Komparatistik. Außereuropäische Sprachen/Literaturen
DOI:
10.1515/978-1-5015-0323-8
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(Open Access)
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Steinbach, Markus 1967-
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