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Capitolo | Le labializzazioni su focus informativi e contrastivi nella LIS

Le labializzazioni su focus informativi e contrastivi nella LIS

Una marca pragmatica in comparazione con i gesti coverbali

Abstract

This study aims to explore the occurrence of mouthings on information focus and contrastive focus in Italian Sign Language, showing that mouthings may be used as a focus marking strategy. Two elicitation tasks allowed us to compare the length of mouthings on focalised and non-focalised elements in the production of two Deaf native signers. Moreover, this measure was observed depending on the focus type and the syntactic role of the focalised DP. By adopting a cross-modal theoretical approach, this work provides evidence of a similar pragmatic function performed by coverbal gestures and mouthings in spoken and sign languages, respectively.


Open access | Peer reviewed

Presentato: 19 Luglio 2022 | Accettato: 23 Gennaio 2023 | Pubblicato 07 Dicembre 2023 | Lingua: it

Keywords Focus markingItalian Sign Language (LIS)MultimodalityMouthingCoverbal gestures


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