30.1858, Books: Information Structure in Sign Languages: Kimmelman

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Date: Wed, 01 May 2019 21:43:52
From: Asja Kusnezowa [Asja.Kusnezowa at degruyter.com]
Subject: Information Structure in Sign Languages: Kimmelman

 


Title: Information Structure in Sign Languages 
Subtitle: Evidence from Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands 
Series Title: Sign Languages and Deaf Communities [SLDC]  

Publication Year: 2019 
Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
	   http://www.degruyter.com/mouton
	

Book URL: https://www.degruyter.com/view/product/505396 


Author: Vadim Kimmelman

Hardback: ISBN:  9781501516863 Pages: 284 Price: U.S. $ 114.99


Abstract:

This book presents a first comprehensive overview of existing research on
information structure in sign languages. Furthermore, it is combined with
novel in-depth studies of Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the
Netherlands. The book discusses how topic, focus, and contrast are marked in
the visual modality and what implications this has for theoretical and
typological study of information structure. Such issues as syntactic and
prosodic markers of information structure and their interactions, relations
between different notions of information structure, and grammaticalization of
markers of information structure are highlighted. Empirical studies of the two
sign languages also showcase different methodologies that are used in such
research and discuss their advantages and disadvantages. The book contains a
general introduction to the field of information structure and thus can be
used by linguists new to the field.
 



Linguistic Field(s): Typology

Language Family(ies): Sign Language


Written In: English  (eng)

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