Lexical Nonmanuals in German Sign Language : Empirical Studies and Theoretical Implications / Nina-Kristin Pendzich.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pendzich, Nina-Kristin, Author.

Series:

Sign languages and deaf communities ; Volume 13.

Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC] ; 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

German Sign Language--Grammar.

German Sign Language.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (XXI, 329 p.)

Place of Publication:

Berlin ; Boston : De Gruyter Mouton, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

Nina-Kristin Pendzich, Universität Göttingen, Germany.

Summary:

The book presents an empirical and theoretical investigation of lexical nonmanuals in German Sign Language including torso, head and facial expressions. Three empirical studies demonstrate the relevance of nonmanuals for the wellformedness of signs, their meaning, and lexical processing. Moreover, implications for the theoretical implementation of lexical nonmanuals concerning, e.g., articulation patterns and phonological status are discussed.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Acknowledgements

Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Notational conventions

Sign language acronyms

1 Introduction

2 Nonmanual complexity in sign languages

3 State of research on lexical nonmanuals and mouthings

4 Study I: Lexical judgment and the meaning of signs

5 Study II: Lexical decision with reaction times

6 Study III: Meaning attribution to isolated facial expressions

7 Towards a new classification of lexical nonmanuals

8 Conclusion

A Stimuli in the NMF and m-NMF condition of Study I and Study II

B Manual error types of the fillers in Study I and Study II

C Statistical distribution of the ratings regarding meaning category 1 and 2 in the questionnaire of Study I

D Answer words in Study II

E Still images from the stimulus videos of Study III

F Meaning Attribution (MeaAtt) categories in Study III

References

Index

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

This eBook is made available Open Access under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 05. Mai 2020)

ISBN:

9783110668193

311066819X

9783110671667

3110671662

OCLC:

1153488317