Cormier, K;
Quinto-Pozos, D;
Sevcikova, Z;
Schembri, A;
(2012)
Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures.
Language & Communication
, 32
(4)
329 - 348.
10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.004.
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Abstract
In this paper, we compare so-called “classifier” constructions in signed languages (which we refer to as “depicting constructions”) with comparable iconic gestures produced by non-signers. We show clear correspondences between entity constructions and observer viewpoint gestures on the one hand, and handling constructions and character viewpoint gestures on the other. Such correspondences help account for both lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in signed languages and how these processes are influenced by viewpoint. Understanding these processes is crucial when coding and annotating natural sign language data.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.004 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.langcom.2012.09.004 |
| Additional information: | This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
| Keywords: | Classifier, Sign language, Gesture, Point of view, Iconicity |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > Div of Psychology and Lang Sciences > Linguistics |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1358299 |
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