Analysis of nominal expressions in signed and spoken languages: A case between Hong Kong Sign Language and spoken Cantonese
Año:
2000
Editorial:
University of Texas, 2000
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Temas
Lingüística » Lingüística de otras Lenguas de Signos
Detalles
Signed language research in recent decades has revealed that signed and spoken languages share many properties of natural language, such as duality of patterning and linguistic arbitrariness. However, the fact that there are fundamental differences between the oral-aural and visual-gestural modes of communication leads to the question of the effect of modality on linguistic structure.
Paper presented at the Texas Linguistics Society Conference on the Effects of Modality on Language and Linguistic Theory.