This article contains a literature review of evidence of large prosodic domains that
correspond to syntactic units such as a clause or a sentence. In particular, different phonetic …

This paper reports a study of the forms and functions of head movements produced in the
dimension of depth in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Specifically, the paper describes and …

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 …

This dissertation reports on a linguistic investigation into the use of depicting signs in
Australian Sign Language (Auslan). Depicting signs are analyzed as partly lexical signs …

We question the commonly accepted assumption that American Sign Language (ASL) has
no overt copula. We present evidence that one of the functions of the sign self in present-day …

Linguists have long been interested in the grammatical structure of native signed languages.
The identification and analysis of units such as clauses and sentences has been of …

When we use language, we usually transfer information. Languages have the tools to
encode information (words, morphemes, grammatical patterns), but also to help the …

This paper introduces data from Kafr Qasem Sign Language (KQSL), an as-yet undescribed
sign language, and identifies the earliest indications of embedding in this young language …

The study presented in this article deals with the order of the verbal predicate (V) and its
nominal core arguments (A-and P-argument) in declarative transitive clauses in Finnish Sign …

This article discusses a study of the relationship between movements of the head and the
torso in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). It describes the differences and similarities in the …