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"Dazzling—of great interest to linguists in general and sign-language scholars in particular. There are fresh arguments and evidence for many important claims about UG and ASL."
—Harlan Lane, University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
—Harlan Lane, University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
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"Dazzling--of great interest to linguists in general and sign-language scholars in particular. There are fresh arguments and evidence for many important claims about UG and ASL." -- Harlan Lane, University Distinguished Professor, Northeastern University
Recent research on the syntax of signed languages has revealed that, apart from some modality-specific differences, signed languages are organized according to the same underlying principles as spoken languages. This book addresses the organization and distribution of functional categories in American Sign Language (ASL), focusing on tense, agreement, and wh-constructions.
Signed languages provide illuminating evidence about functional projections of a kind unavailable in the study of spoken languages. Along with manual signing, crucial information is expressed by specific movements of the face and upper body. The authors argue that such nonmanual markings are often direct expressions of abstract syntactic features. The distribution and intensity of these markings provide information about the location of functional heads and the boundaries of functional projections. The authors show how evidence from ASL is useful for evaluating a number of recent theoretical proposals on, among other things, the status of syntactic agreement projections and constraints on phrase structure and the directionality of movement.
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- Functional Structure in DP and IP: The Cartography of Syntactic Structures Volume 1 (Oxford Studies in Comparative Syntax) by Guglielmo Cinque on page 197, page 205, and page 222
- Gesture in Human-Computer Interaction and Simulation: 6th International Gesture Workshop, GW 2005, Berder Island, France, May 18-20, 2005, Revised Selected ... / Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence) by Sylvie Gibet on page 52, and page 79
- Sign Language and Linguistic Universals by Wendy Sandler in Back Matter
- Language, Frogs and Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics by Neil Smith in Back Matter
- Language, Frogs and Savants: More Linguistic Problems, Puzzles and Polemics (Reading the Novel) by Neil Smith in Back Matter
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