Asymmetry and Contrast: Coordination in Sign Language of the Netherlands
This paper investigates coordination in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). We offer an account for a typologically unusual coordination pattern found in this language. We show that the conjuncts of a coordinated structure in NGT may violate a constraint governing coordinated structures in spoken languages, which we refer to as the ‘Parallel Structure Constraint’. The violation consists in asymmetric fronting in the second conjunct of a coordinated structure. We argue that a violation of the Parallel Structure Constraint is acceptable in NGT in order to express a contrast across the conjun... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2021 |
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Open Library of Humanities
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Sprache: | unknown |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26811187 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.16995/glossa.5872 |