Chapter 8 Classifiers

• Main Author: Zwitserlood, Inge (auth)
• Other Authors: Pfau, Roland (Editor), Steinbach, Markus (Editor), Woll, Bencie (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012
• Subjects: linguistics; Sign Language; Language Typology; Grammar; Psycholinguistics; Neurolinguistics; Sociolinguistics
• Online Access: OAPEN Library: download the publication; OAPEN Library: description of the publication

Classifiers (currently also called 'depicting handshapes'), are observed in almost all sign languages studied to date and form a well-researched topic in sign language linguistics. Yet, these elements are still subject to much debate with respect to a variety of matters. Several different...