Sign language agreement: A constraint-based perspective
- The paper addresses verbal agreement in German sign language from a constraint-based perspective. Based on Meir's Agreement Morphology Principles it presents an HPSG analysis of plain, regular and backwards agreement verbs that models the interaction between phonological (manual) features and syntactico-semantic relationships within a verbal sign by well-defined lexical restrictions. We argue that a sign-based declarative analysis can provide an elegant approach to agreement in sign language since it allows to exploit cross-modular constraints within grammar, and hence permits a direct manipulation of all relevant phonological features of a verb depending on its syntactic and semantic properties.
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| Author: | Anke HollerORCiDGND, Markus SteinbachORCiDGND |
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| URN: | urn:nbn:de:hebis:30:3-726393 |
| DOI: | https://doi.org/10.21248/hpsg.2018.4 |
| ISSN: | 1535-1793 |
| Parent Title (English): | Proceedings of the ... International Conference on Head-Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (HPSG) |
| Publisher: | CSLI Publications |
| Place of publication: | Stanford, CA |
| Document Type: | Conference Proceeding |
| Language: | English |
| Date of Publication (online): | 2018/10/19 |
| Year of first Publication: | 2018 |
| Publishing Institution: | Universitätsbibliothek Johann Christian Senckenberg |
| Contributing Corporation: | International Conference on Head Driven Phrase Structure Grammar (25 : 2018 : Tokio) |
| Release Date: | 2024/09/13 |
| GND Keyword: | Deutsche Gebärdensprache; Kongruenz |
| Volume: | 25.2018 |
| Page Number: | 18 |
| First Page: | 49 |
| Last Page: | 65 |
| Dewey Decimal Classification: | 4 Sprache / 40 Sprache / 400 Sprache |
| 4 Sprache / 41 Linguistik / 410 Linguistik | |
| 4 Sprache / 43 Deutsch, germanische Sprachen allgemein / 430 Germanische Sprachen; Deutsch | |
| Sammlungen: | Linguistik |
| Linguistik-Klassifikation: | Linguistik-Klassifikation: Nonverbale Kommunikation / Non-verbal communication |
| Licence (German): |  Creative Commons - CC BY - Namensnennung 4.0 International |
