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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.

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Volterra, Virginia, author.
Roccaforte, Maria, author.
Di Renzo, Alessio, author.
Fontana, Sabina, author.
Contributor:
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Rosengarten Family Fund.
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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