The meaning of space in sign language

The meaning of space in sign language: reference, specificity and structure in Catalan sign language discourse

by Barbera Altimira, Gemma

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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.

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

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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.

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  • Publication Date:2015

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  • Description:1 electronic resource (xix, 271 pages).

Edition Identifiers

  • ISBN:9781501500558, 1501500554, 9781614518815, 1614518815, 9781614518822, 1614518823
  • DOI:10.1515/9781614518815
  • oclc:ocn971096764
  • LC Classification:HV2476.5.S63
  • Dewey Decimal:419/.46705

Table of Contents

Introduction -- Space in sign languages: background -- A morpheme on spatial planes -- Spatial locations and discourse referents -- Deixis and familiarity -- Specificity -- Disocurse structure and prominence -- Final remarks.

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Subjects

Espace Langage par signes -- Syntaxe LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES -- Sign Lan… Lengua de signos española Sign language -- Syntax space Spanish Sign Language

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Barbera Altimira, Gemma

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