Doubling in RSL and NGT: a pragmatic account
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| Publication date | 2013 |
| Journal | Interdisciplinary Studies on Information Structure |
| Event | Information Structure: Empirical Perspectives on Theory, Graduate/Postgraduate Student Conference |
| Volume | Issue number | 17 |
| Pages (from-to) | 99-118 |
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| Abstract | In this paper, doubling in Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands is discussed. In both sign languages different constituents (including verbs, nouns, adjectives, adverbs, and whole clauses) can be doubled. It is shown that doubling in both languages has common functions and exhibits a similar structure, despite some differences. On this basis, a unified pragmatic explanation for many doubling phenomena on both the discourse and the clause-internal levels is provided, namely that the main function of doubling both in RSL and NGT is foregrounding of the doubled information. |
| Document type | Article |
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Proceedings title: Information Structure: Empirical Perspectives on Theory Publisher: Universitätsverlag Potsdam Place of publication: Potsdam Editors: M. Balbach, L. Benz, S. Genzel, M. Grubic, A. Renans, S. Schalowski, M. Stegenwallner, A. Zeldes |
| Language | English |
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http://nbn-resolving.de/urn/resolver.pl?urn=urn:nbn:de:kobv:517-opus-66102
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