A unified account of specifity in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

Barberà, Gemma

A unified account of specifity in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

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Barberà G. A unified account of specificity in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). Proceedings of Sinn Und Bedeutung. 2012;16(1):43-56.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the grammatical distinction denoted by the two directions signs may take when localising DRs within the frontal plane, namely upper and lower. I argue that this relevant distinction stands for the overt marking of specificity and, unlike in spoken English or Catalan, indefinite noun phrases (NPs) in LSC are not ambiguous.

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Comunicació presentada a la 16th Sinn und Bedeutung Conference, SuB16, celebrada del 6 al 8 de setembre de 2011 a la Universitat d'Utrecht, Països Baixos.