Interaction of Morphology and Syntax in American Sign Language

Informationen zum Autor Carol A. Padden Zusammenfassung This study, first published in 1988, examines cases of interaction of morphology and syntax in American Sign Language and proposes that clause structure and syntactic phenomena are not defined in terms of verb agreement or sign order, but in terms of grammatical relations. Using the framework of relational grammar developed by Perlmutter and Postal in which grammatical relations such as "subject", "direct object", etc. are taken as primitives of linguistic theory, facts about syntactic phenomena, including verb agreement and sign order are accounted for in a general way. This title will be of interest to students of language and linguistics. Inhaltsverzeichnis Notational Conventions; List of Figures; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. Relational Grammar 2. Verb Classes 3. Embedded Structures 4. Predicates 5. Subjecthood 6. Verb Agreement 7. Classifiers and Indices; Appendices; References

Product details

• Authors: Carol A. Padden, Padden Carol A.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 12.10.2016
• EAN: 9781138212893
• ISBN: 978-1-138-21289-3
• No. of pages: 258
• Series: Routledge Library Edition: Syn; Routledge Library Edition: Syntax; Routledge Library Editions: Syntax; Routledge Library Editions: Syntax
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative linguistics; LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Grammar & Punctuation, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Sign Language, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Linguistics / Syntax, LANGUAGE ARTS & DISCIPLINES / Alphabets & Writing Systems, American English, Grammar, syntax & morphology, Grammar, syntax and morphology, Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication, Sign languages, Braille and other linguistic communication