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

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 provide...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Barberà Altimira, Gemma, author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Preston, [Lancashire, England] : De Gruyter 2015
2015.
Edición:1st ed
Colección:Sign languages and deaf communities ; 4.
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Sumario: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.
Notas:Description based upon print version of record.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (292 p.)
Issued also in print
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781614518815
9781501500558