Information Structure in Sign Languages
Evidence from Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands
1st Edition
Published on 19. February 2019
XXIII, 284 pages
978-1-5015-1004-5 (ISBN)
Description
This book presents a first comprehensive overview of existing research on information structure in sign languages. Furthermore, it is combined with novel in-depth studies of Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands. The book discusses how topic, focus, and contrast are marked in the visual modality and what implications this has for theoretical and typological study of information structure. Such issues as syntactic and prosodic markers of information structure and their interactions, relations between different notions of information structure, and grammaticalization of markers of information structure are highlighted. Empirical studies of the two sign languages also showcase different methodologies that are used in such research and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. The book contains a general introduction to the field of information structure and thus can be used by linguists new to the field.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Boston
United States
Publishing group
De Gruyter
Target group
Professional and scholarly
US School Grade: College Graduate Student
Illustrations
96 b/w ill., 13 b/w tbl.
File size
3,66 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-5015-1004-5 (9781501510045)
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Information Structure in Sign Languages
Evidence from Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands
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Information Structure in Sign Languages
Evidence from Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands
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Vadim Kimmelman
, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
