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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barberà Altimira, Gemma
Corporate Author: Walter de Gruyter & Co
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Boston : De Gruyter Mouton : Ishara Press, [2015]
Series:Sign languages and deaf communities ; 4.
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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.