A matter of complexity : subordination in sign languages / edited by Roland Pfau, Markus Steinbach, Annika Herrmann.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Pfau, Roland, editor.

Steinbach, Markus, editor.

Herrmann, Annika, editor.

Series:

Sign languages and deaf communities ; 6.

Sign languages and deaf communities ; 6

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sign language--Grammar.

Sign language.

Physical Description:

vii, 262 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2016]

Contents:

Notational conventions and sign language acronyms

Complex sentences in sign languages : modality, typology, discourse / Roland Pfau & Markus Steinbach

Preference for clause order in complex sentences with adverbial clauses in American sign language / Ronnie B. Wilbur

Observations on clausal complementation in Turkish sign language / Asli Göksel & Meltem Kelepir

An in-depth tour into sentential complementation in Italian sign language / Carlo Geraci & Valentina Aristodemo

Embedding polar interrogative clauses in American sign language / Kathryn Davidson & Ivano Caponigro

Relativization in Italian sign language : the missing link of relativization / Carlo Cecchetto & Caterina Donati

Reporting with and without role shift: sign language strategies of complementation / Josep Quer

An annotation scheme to investigate the form and function of hand dominance in the corpus NGT / Onno Crasborn & Anna Sáfár

Language index

Subject index

List of contributors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

ISBN:

9781501511332

1501511335

OCLC:

931648641