The paper discusses some issues that arise from research on sign languages in the area of formal semantics. Sign languages provide a unique standpoint to investigate semantic phenomena like donkey anaphora, indexical reference shift, and tense. Moreover, they pose a challenge for semantic theories, since movement verbs display gradient properties (semi-continuous variations with semantic import). The paper presents and discusses some accounts that have been proposed.
Formal Semantics of Sign Languages / A. Zucchi. - In: LANGUAGE AND LINGUISTICS COMPASS. - ISSN 1749-818X. - 6:11(2012), pp. 719-734. [10.1002/lnc3.348]
Formal Semantics of Sign Languages
A. ZucchiPrimo
2012
Abstract
The paper discusses some issues that arise from research on sign languages in the area of formal semantics. Sign languages provide a unique standpoint to investigate semantic phenomena like donkey anaphora, indexical reference shift, and tense. Moreover, they pose a challenge for semantic theories, since movement verbs display gradient properties (semi-continuous variations with semantic import). The paper presents and discusses some accounts that have been proposed.
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