Title: Pronominal reference in signed and spoken language: Are grammatical categories modality-dependent?
Abstract: Language in the visual–gestural modality presents a unique opportunity to explore fundamental structures of human language. One of the larger, more complex questions that arises when examining signed languages is the following: how, and to what degree, does the modality of a language affect the structure of that language? In this context, the term "modality" refers to the physical systems underlying the expression of a language; spoken languages are expressed in the aural-oral modality, while signed languages are expressed in the visual–gestural modality.
Publication Year: 2002
Publication Date: 2002-10-24
Language: en
Type: book-chapter
Indexed In: ['crossref']
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