A Matter of Complexity. Subordination in Sign Languages

• Kaituhi matua: Pfau, Roland (auth)
• Ētahi atu kaituhi: Steinbach, Markus (auth), Herrmann, Annika (auth)
• Hōputu: Tāhiko Wāhanga pukapuka
• Reo: Ingarihi
• I whakaputaina: De Gruyter 2016
• Rangatū: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
• Ngā marau: Prosody; Semantics; Information Structure; Syntax; Sign Language
• Urunga tuihono: DOAB: download the publication; DOAB: description of the publication

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...