Information Structure in Sign Languages: Evidence from Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands

by Vadim Kimmelman

This book presents a first comprehensive overview of existing research on information structure in sign languages. Furthermore, it is combined with novel in-depth studies of Russian Sign Language and Sign Language of the Netherlands. The book discusses how topic, focus, and contrast are marked in the visual modality and what implications this has for theoretical and typological study of information structure. Such issues as syntactic and prosodic...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1501516868
• ISBN13: 9781501516863
• Release Date: February 2019
• Publisher: de Gruyter Mouton
• Length: 307 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.3" x 9.2"