How does sign language compare with gesture, on the one hand, and spoken language on
the other? Sign was once viewed as nothing more than a system of pictorial gestures without …

A proposal that person features do not have inherent content but are used to navigate a
“person space” at the heart of every pronominal expression. This book offers a significant …

We gratefully acknowledge the financial support of COST (European Cooperation in
Science and Technology), funded by the Horizon 2020 Framework Programme of the …

Esta tesis examina la concordancia en la lengua de signos española (LSE) y ofrece una
extensa descripción de los mecanismos que la gobiernan en base a datos recogidos de …

Sign languages have traditionally been described as having a distinction between (1)
arbitrary (referential or syntactic) space, considered to be a purely grammatical use of space …

The target article is consistent with seeing languages as semiotically heterogenous, using
categorial, depictive, and analogic semiotic signs.“Gesture,” used in the target article, is …

In comparing signed language, spoken language, and gesture Goldin-Meadow and Brentari
rely on a formalist/structuralist approach to language. This approach makes a number of …

This paper provides an analysis of the properties and distribution of the pointing sign ix and
bare NPs in American Sign Language. I argue that ix followed by an NP when referring to a …

Grounding refers to expressions that establish a connection between the ground and the
content evoked by a nominal or finite clause. In this paper we report on two grammatical …

We draw parallels between emoticons in textual communication and gesture in signed
language with respect to the interdependence of codes by describing two contexts under …