Beyond Grammar and the Lexicon
Indicating and Depicting in Sign Language Discourse
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2026
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-1-009-64671-0 (ISBN)
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
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Speakers gesturally indicate and depict with their arms and hands as they speak, but it appears that signers cannot do this because their arms and hands are occupied with articulating signs. This book demonstrates that signers do indicate and depict, by incorporating non-lexical gestures into their articulations of individual signs.
Indicating and depicting are widely understood to be fundamental, meaningful components of everyday spoken language discourse: a speaker's arms and hands are free to indicate and depict because they do not articulate words. In contrast, a signer's arms and hands do articulate signs. For this reason, linguists studying sign languages have overwhelmingly concluded that signers do not indicate and depict as a part of signed articulations. This book demonstrates that signers do, however, indicate - by incorporating non-lexical gestures into their articulations of individual signs. Fully illustrated throughout, it also shows that signers create depictions in numerous ways through conceptualizations, in which the hands, other parts of the body, and parts of the space ahead of the signer depict things. By establishing that indicating and depicting are also fundamental, meaningful aspects of sign language discourse, this book is essential reading for researchers and students of sign linguistics and gesture studies.
Indicating and depicting are widely understood to be fundamental, meaningful components of everyday spoken language discourse: a speaker's arms and hands are free to indicate and depict because they do not articulate words. In contrast, a signer's arms and hands do articulate signs. For this reason, linguists studying sign languages have overwhelmingly concluded that signers do not indicate and depict as a part of signed articulations. This book demonstrates that signers do, however, indicate - by incorporating non-lexical gestures into their articulations of individual signs. Fully illustrated throughout, it also shows that signers create depictions in numerous ways through conceptualizations, in which the hands, other parts of the body, and parts of the space ahead of the signer depict things. By establishing that indicating and depicting are also fundamental, meaningful aspects of sign language discourse, this book is essential reading for researchers and students of sign linguistics and gesture studies.
Scott K. Liddell is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, Gallaudet University. His analyses have helped shape the understanding of sign language phonology, morphology, and syntax.
List of Figures; List of Tables; Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Indicating and depicting in signed languages; 2. Indicating preliminaries – present referents; 3. Sign language phonetics; 4. Depictions as real space blends; 5. Disembodied depictions; 6. Enactments; 7. Modeling spaces; 8. Signers and speakers; Appendixes; References; General index; Index of illustrated signs.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 31.3.2026 |
|---|---|
| Zusatzinfo | Worked examples or Exercises |
| Verlagsort | Cambridge |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Sprach- / Literaturwissenschaft ► Sprachwissenschaft |
| ISBN-10 | 1-009-64671-0 / 1009646710 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-009-64671-0 / 9781009646710 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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