Modal and focus particles in sign languages a cross-linguistic study
II Modal meaning; Modality and modal particles in spoken languages; Modality and modal meaning; Modality; Modal meaning; Particles; The particle class and its properties; Minimalistic and maximalistic analyses of particles; Modal particles under investigation; Properties of modal particles; Modal pa...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Berlin
De Gruyter Mouton
[2013]©2013, 2013
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| Series: | Sign languages and deaf communities, SLDC
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| Collection: | JSTOR Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | II Modal meaning; Modality and modal particles in spoken languages; Modality and modal meaning; Modality; Modal meaning; Particles; The particle class and its properties; Minimalistic and maximalistic analyses of particles; Modal particles under investigation; Properties of modal particles; Modal particles in German and Dutch; Modal particles or equivalent expressions in English; Conclusion; Modality and modal particles in sign languages; Modal meaning and modal particles in sign languages; Modality and modal meaning; Modal particles in corpora data; Modal particles in sign languages Bringing together the research fields of sign language linguistics and information structure, this book focuses on the realization of modal and focus particles in German Sign Language, Sign Language of the Netherlands, and Irish Sign Language. The study analyzes professionally elicited data with regard to nonmanual features expressed by articulators such as the body, head, and face, and accounts for the results within existing theoretical models. The analyses contribute to recent debates about information structure and the syntax-prosody interface. Thus, this book is of special interest to bot |
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| Item Description: | Results: Only, also, even in DGS, NGT, and ISL. |
| Physical Description: | xviii, 400 pages illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9781614512370 161451237X |