The meaning of space in sign language : reference, specificity and structure in Catalan sign language discourse /
Bringing together sign language linguistics and the semantics-pragmatics interface, this book focuses on the use of signing space in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). On the basis of small-scale corpus data, it provides an exhaustive description of referential devices dependent on space. The book provide...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Boston :
De Gruyter Mouton : Ishara Press,
[2015]
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| Series: | Sign languages and deaf communities ;
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Space in sign languages: background
- A morpheme on spatial planes
- Spatial locations and discourse referents
- Deixis and familiarity
- Specificity
- Disocurse structure and prominence
- Final remarks.