1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910309744303321

Autore

Branchini Chiara

Titolo

On relativization and clefting : an analysis of Italian sign language / / by Chiara Branchini

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston : , : De Gruyter Mouton, , [2014]

©2014

ISBN

1-5015-0004-X

1-5015-0000-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (364 p.)

Collana

Sign languages and deaf communities, , 2192-516X ; ; 5

Disciplina

419.45

Soggetti

Sign language

Deaf - Means of communication - Italy

Italian language - Relative clauses

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of figures -- Notational conventions -- Sign language acronyms -- General Introduction -- Part I: Introducing Italian Sign Language (LIS) -- 1. Italian Sign Language and the Italian Deaf community -- 2. A syntactic outline of Italian Sign Language (LIS) -- Part II: On Relativization -- 3. Relativization strategies in spoken languages -- 4. Relative clauses in sign languages: A typological survey -- 5. Some methodological issues -- 6. An internally headed relative clause analysis for LIS relative structures -- Part III: On Clefting -- 7. Clefting in spoken languages -- 8. An analysis of LIS cleft constructions -- Conclusions -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

This work is a contribution to our understanding of relativization strategies and clefting in Italian Sign Language, and more broadly, to our understanding of these constructions in world languages by setting the discussion on the theories that have been proposed in the literature of spoken languages to derive the syntactic phenomena object of investigation.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910786947403321

Titolo

The annual register Volume 246

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, District of Columbia : , : Keesing's Worldwide, , 2005

©2007

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (666 pages) : illustrations

Collana

Annual register

Disciplina

941.082

Soggetti

Great Britain History 21st century Periodicals

England Periodicals

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Includes index.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Overviews of the year -- Western and Southern Europe -- Central and Eastern Europe -- Americas and the Caribbean -- Middle East and North Africa -- Equatorial Africa -- Central and Southern Africa -- South Asia and Indian Ocean -- South-east and East Asia -- Australasia and the Pacific -- International organisations -- The international economy -- The sciences -- The law -- Religion -- The arts -- Sport -- Documents and reference -- Obituary -- Chronicle of principal events in 2004.

Sommario/riassunto

Provides a complete and detailed chronicle of historical events from 1758 to the current day. Includes world politics to society weddings, from the latest scientific discoveries to the weather, from the year's best-selling novels to obituaries of authors and other public figures. A new volume is published each year describing the past year's events.