Body-anchored verbs and argument omission in two sign languages

Using quantitative methods, we analyze naturalistic corpus data in two sign languages, German Sign Language and Russian Sign Language, to study subject-omission patterns. We find that, in both languages, the interpretation of null subjects depends on the type of the verb. With verbs signed on the si...

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Main Authors: Marloes Oomen, Vadim Kimmelman
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2019-03-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/741