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: | Electronic Book Chapter |
| Language: | English |
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De Gruyter
2015
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| Series: | Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
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| Online Access: | DOAB: download the publication DOAB: description of the publication |
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| Summary: | 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 provides insight into the study of meaning in the visual-spatial modality and into our understanding of the discourse behavior of spatial locations. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 electronic resource (290 p.) |
| ISBN: | 9781614518815 |
| DOI: | 10.1515/9781614518815 |
| Access: | Open Access |