: Pamela M. Perniss, Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach
: Visible Variation Comparative Studies on Sign Language Structure
: De Gruyter Mouton
: 9783110198850
: Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs [TiLSM]ISSN
: 1
: CHF 203.70
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: 413
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This volume brings together work by scholars engaging in comparative sign linguistics research. The articles discuss data from many different signed and spoken languages. They focus on empirical and descriptive aspects of sign language variation and cover a wide range of topics from different areas of grammar. In addition to this, they address psycholinguistic issues, aspects of language change, and issues concerning data collection in sign languages.

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Pamela M. Perniss, Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics, Nijmegen, The Netherlands;Roland Pfau, Universiteit van Amsterdam, The Netherlands;Markus Steinbach, Johannes-Gutenberg-Universit& 228;t Mainz, Germany.
Frontmatter1
Table of contents5
Notational conventions7
Can’t you see the difference? Sources of variation in sign language structure11
Occurrence of mouthings in American Sign Language: A preliminary study45
Do all pronouns point? Indexicality of first person plural pronouns in BSL and ASL73
Negation in Jordanian Sign Language: A cross-linguistic perspective113
On the syntax of negation and modals in Catalan Sign Language and German Sign Language139
‘Real data are messy’: Considering cross-linguistic analysis of constituent ordering in Auslan, VGT, and ISL173
Cross-linguistic comparison of interrogatives in Croatian, Austrian, and American Sign Languages217
The expression of modal meaning in German Sign Language and Irish Sign Language255
Reported action in Nicaraguan and American Sign Languages: Emerging versus established systems289
Grammaticalization of auxiliaries in sign languages313
The possible range of variation between sign languages: Universal Grammar, modality, and typological aspects351
Backmatter395