Referential morphology in signed languages

Constraints on two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages

Signed languages strongly favor nonconcatenative morphology (Aronoff, Meir and Sandler 2005, Fernald and Napoli 2000). This type of morphology includes processes that change at least one of the parameters of the stem, such as handshape, orientation, location or movement. It is argued that there are two types of nonconcatenative morphology in signed languages. In one type, exemplified by numeral...

Signed languages and globalization

Deaf peoplewho form part of a Deaf community communicate using a shared sign language. When meeting people from another language community, they can fall back on a flexible and highly context-dependent form of communication called INTERNATIONAL SIGN, in which shared elements from their own sign languages and elements of shared spoken languages are combined with pantomimic elements. Together wit...

Referential Transparen y in Imperative Languages

Metaphoric Iconicity in Signed and Spoken Languages

Since Saussure, the idea that the forms of words are arbitrarily related to their meanings has been widely accepted. Yet, implicit metaphorical mappings may provide opportunities for iconicity throughout the lexicon. We hypothesized that vertical spatial metaphors for emotional valence are manifested in language through space in signed languages and through the spatialized dimension of pitch in...

The Signed Languages of Eastern Europe

1. Purpose and scope 2. General survey methodology 3. Qualitative information 3.1 Eastern Europe 3.2 Bulgaria 3.3 Czech Republic 3.4 Estonia 3.5 Hungary 3.6 Latvia 3.7 Lithuania 3.8 Moldova 3.9 Poland 3.10 Romania 3.11 Russia 3.12 Slovakia 3.13 Ukraine 3.14 Republics and provinces of the former Yugoslavia: Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Macedonia, Montenegro, Serbia, Slovenia, Voivodi...