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Record Nr.

UNISA996309118003316

Autore

Barberà Altimira Gemma

Titolo

The meaning of space in sign language : reference, specificity and structure in Catalan sign language discourse / / by Gemma Barberà Altimira

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Preston, [Lancashire, England] : , : De Gruyter Mouton : , : Ishara Press, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-61451-881-5

1-5015-0055-4

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (292 p.)

Collana

Sign Languages and Deaf Communities, , 2192-5178 ; ; 4

Disciplina

419/.46705

Soggetti

Spanish Sign Language

Sign language - Syntax

Space

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 -- List of tables -- Abbreviations -- Notational conventions -- Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Space in sign languages: background -- Chapter 3. A morpheme on spatial planes -- Chapter 4. Spatial locations and discourse referents -- Chapter 5. Deixis and familiarity -- Chapter 6. Specificity -- Chapter 7. Discourse structure and prominence -- Chapter 8. Final remarks -- Appendix -- Notes -- References -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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.