The Meaning of Space in Sign Language. Reference, Specificity and Structure in Catalan Sign Language Discourse

Bringing together sign language linguistics and the semantics-pragmatics interface, this book focuses on the use of signing space in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). On the basis of small-scale corpus data, it provides an exhaustive description of referential devices dependent on space. The book provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Barber
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: De Gruyter 2015
Series:Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]
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Collection: Directory of Open Access Books - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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