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In this article, we present the first study on PALM-UP from the perspectiveof discourse markers in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). In the sample extracted from theLSC Corpus, we observed that PALM-UP is polyfunctional. It frequently expresses non-connective purposes, that is, it is used to punctuate discourse or to participate in theexchange between signers. We have not found correspondences between the hand-shape of PALM-UP (one handed or two handed) and its functions. We have neitherobserved any combination of nonmanuals that allows us to distinguish one functionfrom the other. This finding underlines the importance of context in order to assign aspecific function to this discourse marker.

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