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Le sujet en langue des signes française
Impersonal constructions are a highly debated issue in the studies of spoken languages, especially regarding the description of the Romance and Slavic languages. Impersonal constructions are linguistically distinguished from personal constructions, i. e.
Myriam Charpentier
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Coordination and gapping in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) [PDF]
This thesis gives a description and a syntactic analysis for coordination and gapping in conjunction in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) within the framework of Generative Grammar and Minimalism. Regarding coordination, Coordination Phrase (CoP) is proposed as the category for conjunctive, disjunctive and adversative coordination, assuming that the ...
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Building upon prior lexicalist approaches, this paper explores simultaneous derivation in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). To do so, handshape and movement parameters are examined when functioning as simultaneous derivational affixes in the phonological and
Aida Villaécija +2 more
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Gapping vs VP-ellipsis in Catalan sign language
This research has been funded by the Spanish Ministry of Economy and Competitiveness (MINECO & FEDER: ClauseCombi2 FFI2012-36238 & GramRefLSC FFI2015-68594-P, BES2013062848), and by the Govern de la Generalitat de Catalunya (2014 SGR 698).
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On the temporal dynamics of sign production: An ERP study in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) [PDF]
This study investigates the temporal dynamics of sign production and how particular aspects of the signed modality influence the early stages of lexical access. To that end, we explored the electrophysiological correlates associated to sign frequency and iconicity in a picture signing task in a group of bimodal bilinguals.
Baus, Cristina, Costa, Albert
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Research into the information referents of deaf signers
The Information society is bringing about an increase in the number of information referents for deaf signers (those who use sign language). With the aim of exploring the ways most commonly used by deaf people to find out about current affairs, this ...
Jordi Serrat +1 more
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RESUMO: O desenvolvimento escolar do aluno surdo depende de seu domínio de uma língua de sinais. Todavia, uma língua de sinais não é cotidianamente desenvolvida no ambiente familiar; assim, esse domínio precisa ser alcançado no espaço escolar, no qual se
Cristina Broglia Feitosa de LACERDA +2 more
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The indefinite-interrogative affinity in sign languages: the case of Catalan Sign Language
Prior studies on spoken languages have shown that indefinite and interrogative pronouns may be formally very similar. Our research aims to understand if sign languages exhibit this type of affinity. This paper presents an overview of the phenomenon and reports on the results of two studies: a cross-linguistic survey based on a sample of 30 sign ...
Veiga Busto, R. +2 more
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Paucal Pronouns in Catalan Sign Language: A Typological Rarity?
Abstract: The morphological strategies used to express numerosity in the visual modality have been investigated for a number of sign languages. However, the meaning associated with these operations remains unexplored in many sign languages. This article investigates the properties of reduplication with movement in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) personal ...
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A unified account of specifity in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) [PDF]
This paper focuses on the grammatical distinction denoted by the two directions signs may take when localising DRs within the frontal plane, namely upper and lower. I argue that this relevant distinction stands for the overt marking of specificity and, unlike in spoken English or Catalan, indefinite noun phrases (NPs) in LSC are not ambiguous.
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