A Matter of Complexity. Subordination in Sign Languages

• 1. Verfasser: Pfau, Roland (auth)
• Weitere Verfasser: Steinbach, Markus (auth), Herrmann, Annika (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: De Gruyter 2016
• Schriftenreihe: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
• Schlagworte: Prosody; Semantics; Information Structure; Syntax; Sign Language
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Since natural languages exist in two different modalities &#8211 the visual-gestural modality of sign languages and the auditory-oral modality of spoken languages &#8211 it is obvious that all fields of research in modern linguistics will benefit from research on sign languages. Although pre...