Scope-taking strategies and the order of clausal categories in German Sign Language

The scope order of clausal categories has been claimed to be universal. In this paper we adopt a universalist cartographic approach to clausal syntax. By discussing the categories of speech acts, evaluation, epistemic modality, scalarity, volition and deontic, as well as other kinds of modality, we...

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Main Authors: Fabian Bross, Daniel Hole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2017-08-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/articles/106