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Italian Sign Language from a cognitive and socio-semiotic perspective : implications for a general language theory / Virginia Volterra, Maria Roccaforte, Alessio Di Renzo, Sabina Fontana.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Volterra, Virginia, author.
- Roccaforte, Maria, author.
- Di Renzo, Alessio, author.
- Fontana, Sabina, author.
- Series:
- Gesture studies ; v.9.
- Gesture studies (GS) ; volume 9
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Italian Sign Language.
- Speech and gesture--Italy.
- Speech and gesture.
- Semiotics--Italy.
- Semiotics.
- Cognitive grammar.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (vi, 220 pages) : illustrations (some color).
- Place of Publication:
- Amsterdam ; Philadelphia : John Benjamins Publishing Company, [2022]
- Contents:
- From spoken to signed languages back and forth, between cognition and semiotics : the case of Italian Sign Language
- Historical steps towards a new description of sign languages
- The community
- The basic units of LIS
- Constructing sentences in LIS : pointing, describing and depicting
- Variation and change in LIS
- Sign languages and spoken languages : toward a new description.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. Amsterdam, Netherlands Available via World Wide Web.
- Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 19, 2022).
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Print version: Volterra, Virginia. Italian Sign Language from a cognitive and socio-semiotic perspective
- ISBN:
- 9789027257840
- 9027257841
- Publisher Number:
- 99991386961
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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