Paper Info
Title
Iconicity in Sign Language: A Theoretical and Methodological Point of View
Abstract
This research was carried out within the framework of the linguistic theory of iconicity and cognitive grammar for French Sign Language (FSL). In this paper we briefly explain some crucial elements used to analyse any Sign Language (SL), especially transfer operations, which appear to make up the core of a spatial grammar. Then we present examples taken from our video database of deaf native speakers engaged in narrative activities. Finally we discuss the difficulty as well as the importance of studying highly iconic occurrences in uninterrupted spontaneous FSL discourse.
Year
DOI
Venue
2001
10.1007/3-540-47873-6_18
Gesture Workshop
Keywords
Field
DocType
cognitive grammar,narrative activity,iconic occurrence,uninterrupted spontaneous fsl discourse,spatial grammar,crucial element,french sign language,deaf native speaker,methodological point,linguistic theory,sign language,native speaker
Cognitive grammar,Language interpretation,Computer science,Manually coded language,Iconicity,Grammar,Sign language,Sociolinguistics of sign languages,French Sign Language,Linguistics
Conference
ISBN
Citations 
PageRank 
3-540-43678-2
4
0.64
References 
Authors
3
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Marie-Anne Sallandre140.97
Christian Cuxac2173.34