The Meaning of Space in Sign Language: Reference, Specificity and Structure in Catalan Sign Language Discourse

By Gemma Altimira

Bringing together sign language linguistics and the semantics-pragmatics interface, this book focuses on the use of signing space in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). On the basis of small-scale corpus data, it provides an exhaustive description of referential devices dependent on space. The book provides insight into the study of meaning in the visual-spatial modality and into our understanding of the discourse behavior of spatial locations.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1614518661
• ISBN13: 9781614518662
• Release Date: June 2015
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 290 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.2" x 9.1"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary