Linguistic Foundations Of Narration In Spoken And Sign Languages

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Linguistic Foundations of Narration in Spoken and Sign Languages

Author : Annika Hübl
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027263981
Total Pages : 325 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Linguistic Foundations of Narration in Spoken and Sign Languages by : Annika Hübl

Download or read book Linguistic Foundations of Narration in Spoken and Sign Languages written by Annika Hübl and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2018-05-15 with total page 325 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years, the focus of linguistic research has shifted from sentence to larger units such as text and discourse and accordingly from syntax to semantics and pragmatics. This has led to the development and application of corresponding discourse semantic and pragmatic theories such as, for instance, (S)DRT, Centering Theory, Accessibility Theory, QUD, Generalized Conversational Implicatures, Super Monsters and Gesture Semantics and new empirical approaches in the framework of experimental semantics and pragmatics or corpus linguistic discourse analysis. The contributions to this collected volume build on these developments and investigate the linguistic foundations of narration from various perspectives. The contributions address topics such as speech and thought representation, free indirect speech, information structure, anaphora resolution, co-speech gestures, classifier constructions as well as role shift and constructed action. The volume provides new insights in the linguistic structures underlying narration in written, spoken, and sign languages from an experimental, developmental, historical, typological, and theoretical perspective. The contributions will appeal to theoretical linguists, sign language linguists, typologists, literary scholars, psycholinguists, and philosophers.

Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages

Author : Texas Linguistics Society. Conference
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 0521803853
Total Pages : 502 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages by : Texas Linguistics Society. Conference

Download or read book Modality and Structure in Signed and Spoken Languages written by Texas Linguistics Society. Conference and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2002-10-24 with total page 502 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Publisher Description

Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics

Author : Ella Wehrmeyer
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027253307
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics by : Ella Wehrmeyer

Download or read book Advances in Sign Language Corpus Linguistics written by Ella Wehrmeyer and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2023-04-03 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collected volume showcases cutting-edge research in the rapidly developing area of sign language corpus linguistics in various sign language contexts across the globe. Each chapter provides a detailed account of particular national corpora and methodological considerations in their construction. Part 1 focuses on corpus-based linguistic findings, covering aspects of morphology, syntax, multilingualism, and regional and diachronic variation. Part 2 explores innovative solutions to challenges in building and annotating sign language corpora, touching on the construction of comparable sign language corpora, collaboration challenges at the national level, phonological arrangement of digital lexicons, and (semi-)automatic annotation. This unique volume documenting the growth in breadth and depth within the discipline of sign language corpus linguistics is a key resource for researchers, teachers, and postgraduate students in the field of sign language linguistics, and will also provide valuable insights for other researchers interested in corpus linguistics, Construction Grammar, and gesture studies.

Language, Gesture, and Space

Author : Karen Emmorey
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 1134779739
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (347 download)

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Book Synopsis Language, Gesture, and Space by : Karen Emmorey

Download or read book Language, Gesture, and Space written by Karen Emmorey and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 2013-06-17 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book brings together papers which address a range of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign languages and other gestural systems, and how they exploit the space in which they are conveyed. The chapters focus on five pertinent areas reflecting different, but related research topics: * space in language and gesture, * point of view and referential shift, * morphosyntax of verbs in ASL, * gestural systems and sign language, and * language acquisition and gesture. Sign languages and gestural systems are produced in physical space; they manipulate spatial contrasts for linguistic and communicative purposes. In addition to exploring the different functions of space, researchers discuss similarities and differences between visual-gestural systems -- established sign languages, pidgin sign language (International Sign), "homesign" systems developed by deaf children with no sign language input, novel gesture systems invented by hearing nonsigners, and the gesticulation that accompanies speech. The development of gesture and sign language in children is also examined in both hearing and deaf children, charting the emergence of gesture ("manual babbling"), its use as a prelinguistic communicative device, and its transformation into language-like systems in homesigners. Finally, theoretical linguistic accounts of the structure of sign languages are provided in chapters dealing with the analysis of referential shift, the structure of narrative, the analysis of tense and the structure of the verb phrase in American Sign Language. Taken together, the chapters in this volume present a comprehensive picture of sign language and gesture research from a group of international scholars who investigate a range of communicative systems from formal sign languages to the gesticulation that accompanies speech.

The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research

Author : Josep Quer
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317624270
Total Pages : 853 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research by : Josep Quer

Download or read book The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research written by Josep Quer and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-03-11 with total page 853 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research bridges the divide between theoretical and experimental approaches to provide an up-to-date survey of key topics in sign language research. With 29 chapters written by leading and emerging scholars from around the world, this Handbook covers the following key areas: On the theoretical side, all crucial aspects of sign language grammar studied within formal frameworks such as Generative Grammar; On the experimental side, theoretical accounts are supplemented by experimental evidence gained in psycho- and neurolinguistic studies; On the descriptive side, the main phenomena addressed in the reviewed scholarship are summarized in a way that is accessible to readers without previous knowledge of sign languages. Each chapter features an introduction, an overview of existing research, and a critical assessment of hypotheses and findings. The Routledge Handbook of Theoretical and Experimental Sign Language Research is key reading for all advanced students and researchers working at the intersection of sign language research, linguistics, psycholinguistics, and neurolinguistics.

Lexical Nonmanuals in German Sign Language

Author : Nina-Kristin Pendzich
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 311066819X
Total Pages : 427 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (16 download)

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Book Synopsis Lexical Nonmanuals in German Sign Language by : Nina-Kristin Pendzich

Download or read book Lexical Nonmanuals in German Sign Language written by Nina-Kristin Pendzich and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-05-05 with total page 427 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editorial board: Carlo Geraci, Rachel McKee, Victoria Nyst, Marianne Rossi Stumpf, Felix Sze, Sandra Wood Over the past decades, the field of sign language linguistics has expanded considerably. Recent research on sign languages includes a wide range of subdomains such as reference grammars, theoretical linguistics, psycho- and neurolinguistics, sociolinguistics, and applied studies on sign languages and Deaf communities. The SLDC series is concerned with the study of sign languages in a comprehensive way, covering various theoretical, experimental, and applied dimensions of sign language research and their relationship to Deaf communities around the world. The series provides a multidisciplinary platform for innovative and outstanding research in sign language linguistics and aims at linking the study of sign languages to current trends in modern linguistics, such as new experimental and theoretical investigations, the importance of language endangerment, the impact of technological developments on data collection and Deaf education, and the broadening geographical scope of typological sign language studies, especially in terms of research on non-Western sign languages and Deaf communities.

The Linguistics of Sign Languages

Author : Anne Baker
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027267340
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis The Linguistics of Sign Languages by : Anne Baker

Download or read book The Linguistics of Sign Languages written by Anne Baker and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2016-06-23 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How different are sign languages across the world? Are individual signs and signed sentences constructed in the same way across these languages? What are the rules for having a conversation in a sign language? How do children and adults learn a sign language? How are sign languages processed in the brain? These questions and many more are addressed in this introductory book on sign linguistics using examples from more than thirty different sign languages. Comparisons are also made with spoken languages. This book can be used as a self-study book or as a text book for students of sign linguistics. Each chapter concludes with a summary, some test-yourself questions and assignments, as well as a list of recommended texts for further reading. The book is accompanied by a website containing assignments, video clips and links to web resources.

Sign Language Research Sixty Years Later: Current and Future Perspectives

Author : Valentina Cuccio
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2832505341
Total Pages : 511 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (325 download)

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Book Synopsis Sign Language Research Sixty Years Later: Current and Future Perspectives by : Valentina Cuccio

Download or read book Sign Language Research Sixty Years Later: Current and Future Perspectives written by Valentina Cuccio and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2022-11-14 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Meaning of Space in Sign Language

Author : Gemma Barberà Altimira
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501500554
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis The Meaning of Space in Sign Language by : Gemma Barberà Altimira

Download or read book The Meaning of Space in Sign Language written by Gemma Barberà Altimira and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

The Syntax of American Sign Language

Author : Carol Jan Neidle
Publisher : MIT Press
ISBN 13 : 9780262140676
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (46 download)

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Book Synopsis The Syntax of American Sign Language by : Carol Jan Neidle

Download or read book The Syntax of American Sign Language written by Carol Jan Neidle and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Recent research on the syntax of signed language has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement and wh-constructions.

Visual language

Author : Wendy Sandler
Publisher : Frontiers Media SA
ISBN 13 : 2889630781
Total Pages : 291 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (896 download)

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Book Synopsis Visual language by : Wendy Sandler

Download or read book Visual language written by Wendy Sandler and published by Frontiers Media SA. This book was released on 2019-11-04 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionally, research on human language has taken speech and written language as the only domains of investigation. However, there is now a wealth of empirical studies documenting visual aspects of language, ranging from rich studies of sign languages, which are self-contained visual language systems, to the field of gesture studies, which examines speech-associated gestures, facial expressions, and other bodily movements related to communicative expressions. But despite this large body of work, sign language and gestures are rarely treated together in theoretical discussions. This volume aims to remedy that by considering both types of visual language jointly in order to transcend (artificial) theoretical divides, and to arrive at a comprehensive account of the human language faculty. This collection seeks to pave the way for an inherently multimodal view of language, in which visible actions of the body play a crucial role. The 19 papers in this volume address four broad and overlapping topics: (1) the multimodal nature of language; (2) multimodal representation of meaning; (3) multimodal and multichannel prosody; and (4) acquisition and development of visual language in children and adults.

Simultaneity in Signed Languages

Author : Myriam Vermeerbergen
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9789027247964
Total Pages : 376 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (479 download)

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Book Synopsis Simultaneity in Signed Languages by : Myriam Vermeerbergen

Download or read book Simultaneity in Signed Languages written by Myriam Vermeerbergen and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 376 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Signed language users can draw on a range of articulators when expressing linguistic messages, including the hands, torso, eye gaze, and mouth. Sometimes these articulators work in tandem to produce one lexical item while in other instances they operate to convey different types of information simultaneously. Over the past fifteen years, there has been a growing interest in the issue of simultaneity in signed languages. However, this book is the first to offer a comprehensive treatment of this topic, presenting a collection of papers dealing with different aspects of simultaneity in a range of related and unrelated signed languages, in descriptive and cross-linguistic treatments which are set in different theoretical frameworks. This volume has relevance for those interested in sign linguistics, in teaching and learning signed languages, and is also highly recommended to anyone interested in the fundamental underpinnings of human language and the effects of signed versus spoken modality.

Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas

Author : Olivier Le Guen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501504843
Total Pages : 377 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas by : Olivier Le Guen

Download or read book Emerging Sign Languages of the Americas written by Olivier Le Guen and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 377 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is the first to bring together researchers studying a range of different types of emerging sign languages in the Americas, and their relationship to the gestures produced in the surrounding communities of hearing individuals. Contents Acknowledgements Olivier Le Guen, Marie Coppola and Josefina Safar Introduction: How Emerging Sign Languages in the Americas contributes to the study of linguistics and (emerging) sign languages Part I: Emerging sign languages of the Americas. Descriptions and analysis John Haviland Signs, interaction, coordination, and gaze: interactive foundations of “Z”—an emerging (sign) language from Chiapas, Mexico Laura Horton Representational strategies in shared homesign systems from Nebaj, Guatemala Josefina Safar and Rodrigo Petatillo Chan Strategies of noun-verb distinction in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages Emmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier A typological perspective on the meaningful handshapes in the emerging sign languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) Ben Braithwaite Emerging sign languages in the Caribbean Olivier Le Guen, Rebeca Petatillo and Rita (Rossy) Kinil Canché Yucatec Maya multimodal interaction as the basis for Yucatec Maya Sign Language Marie Coppola Gestures, homesign, sign language: Cultural and social factors driving lexical conventionalization Part II: Sociolinguistic sketches John B. Haviland Zinacantec family homesign (or “Z”) Laura Horton A sociolinguistic sketch of deaf individuals and families from Nebaj, Guatemala Josefina Safar and Olivier Le Guen Yucatec Maya Sign Language(s): A sociolinguistic overview Emmanuella Martinod, Brigitte Garcia and Ivani Fusellier Sign Languages on Marajó Island (Brazil) Ben Braithwaite Sociolinguistic sketch of Providence Island Sign Language Kristian Ali and Ben Braithwaite Bay Islands Sign Language: A Sociolinguistic Sketch Marie Coppola Sociolinguistic sketch: Nicaraguan Sign Language and Homesign Systems in Nicaragua

The Handbook of Psycholinguistics

Author : Eva M. Fernández
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119096529
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis The Handbook of Psycholinguistics by : Eva M. Fernández

Download or read book The Handbook of Psycholinguistics written by Eva M. Fernández and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2020-10-27 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Incorporating approaches from linguistics and psychology, The Handbook of Psycholinguistics explores language processing and language acquisition from an array of perspectives and features cutting edge research from cognitive science, neuroscience, and other related fields. The Handbook provides readers with a comprehensive review of the current state of the field, with an emphasis on research trends most likely to determine the shape of psycholinguistics in the years ahead. The chapters are organized into three parts, corresponding to the major areas of psycholinguists: production, comprehension, and acquisition. The collection of chapters, written by a team of international scholars, incorporates multilingual populations and neurolinguistic dimensions. Each of the three sections also features an overview chapter in which readers are introduced to the different theoretical perspectives guiding research in the area covered in that section. Timely, comprehensive, and authoritative, The Handbook of Psycholinguistics is a valuable addition to the reference shelves of researchers in psychology, linguistics, and cognitive science, as well as advanced undergraduates and graduate students interested in how language works in the human mind and how language is acquired.

SignGram Blueprint

Author : Josep Quer
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 1501511807
Total Pages : 896 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (15 download)

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Book Synopsis SignGram Blueprint by : Josep Quer

Download or read book SignGram Blueprint written by Josep Quer and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2017-11-20 with total page 896 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "It is common for grammars to include an introductory chapter that offers a general introduction to the language under investigation as well as its users. We encourage the grammar writer to include this type of information for the sign language to be described. If a certain variant of the sign language is described, this should be made clear at the outset. The structure of this part is fairly flexible. As can be seen from the table of contents, we suggest including information about (i) the history of the sign language, (ii) characteristics of the Deaf community, (iii) the status of the sign language, and (iv) previous linguistic work on the sign language. The last section in particular will have an impact on the content of subsequent parts, as we encourage the grammar writer to include findings from previous studies in the grammatical description of the sign language. Clearly, alternative structures are possible. The overview of previous linguistic work, for instance, could be provided under the "History" header, and Deaf culture and/or Deaf education could be discussed under dedicated first-level headers - to give just two examples. Also, depending on the available information, sub-headers could be added. Note that we adopt the convention of writing Deaf with a capital D when it refers to issues related to a community that is characterized by the use of a sign language. In contrast, deaf with a small d refers to the medical condition of not being able to hear. It is up to the grammar writer to decide whether to stick to this convention in the grammar"--

Signs and Structures

Author : Paweł Rutkowski
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027268495
Total Pages : 143 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Download or read book Signs and Structures written by Paweł Rutkowski and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2015-09-15 with total page 143 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As sign language linguistics has become an important and prodigious field of research in the last few decades, it comes as no surprise that the repertoire of methodological approaches to the study of the communication of the Deaf has also expanded considerably. While earlier work on sign languages was often focused on providing arguments for them being full-fledged linguistic systems, current debates do no longer center on whether visual-spatial grammars are worth being researched, but on how this type of research should be conducted. This book contains a selection of papers that could be thought of as a good representative sample of current trends in formal approaches to the study of sign language syntax. It illustrates how generative research on the communication of the Deaf may contribute to our understanding of the syntax of natural languages in general and indicates to what extent it is possible to integrate advances in the analysis of visual-spatial grammar with current spoken language research. Originally published in Sign Language & Linguistics 16:2 (2013).

Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems

Author : Sara Lenninger
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing Company
ISBN 13 : 9027257574
Total Pages : 423 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)

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Book Synopsis Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems by : Sara Lenninger

Download or read book Iconicity in Cognition and across Semiotic Systems written by Sara Lenninger and published by John Benjamins Publishing Company. This book was released on 2022-11-15 with total page 423 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume investigates iconicity as to both comprehension and production of meaning in language, gesture, pictures, art and literature. It highlights iconic processes in meaning-making and interpretation across different semiotic systems at structurally, historically and pragmatically different levels of iconicity, with special focus on Cognitive Semiotics. Exploring the ubiquity of iconicity in verbal, visual and gestural communication, these contributions discuss it from the point of view of human meaning-making, examined as a phenomenon that is experienced, embodied and often polysemiotic in nature.