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.
Submitted: July 19, 2022 | Accepted: Jan. 23, 2023 | Published Dec. 7, 2023 | Language: it
Keywords Multimodality • Focus marking • Italian Sign Language (LIS) • Coverbal gestures • Mouthing
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