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Three Patterns of temporal Interpretation in signed languages| old_uid | 6838 |
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| title | Three Patterns of temporal Interpretation in signed languages |
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| start_date | 2009/05/04 |
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| schedule | 14h30-17h |
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| online | no |
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| summary | n the absence of aspectual morphemes in (tenseless) sign languages, the temporal schema of a sentence determines its temporal interpretation based on a number of pragmatic defaults. There are three major patterns of temporal interpretation, each of which comes with its own pragmatic principles: deictic, anaphoric and narrative. Each one is
characteristic of a certain discourse mode. Discourse mode is a way of structuring the text depending on its function (Smith 2003).
In my talk, I will illustrate these patterns of temporal interpretation in tenseless sign languages and argue that the patterns are
universally available and independent of (a) whether there is a tense system and (b) whether it is modality-specific (i.e.in auditory-
vocal and visuo-gestural modalities). |
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| responsibles | Copley |
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