The current study contributes empirical data to our understanding of how knowledge of
American Sign Language (ASL) syntax aids reading print English for deaf children who are …

Do signers of different signed languages establish and maintain reference the same way?
Here we compare how signers of five Western deaf signed languages coordinate fully …

Phonetic reduction arises in the course of typical language production, when language
users produce a less clearly articulated form of a word. An important factor that affects …

We address the issue of deixis–anaphora in sign language (SL) discourse, focusing on the
role of eye-gaze. According to the Semiological Approach, SL structuring stems from a …

This textbook introduces the fundamental concepts and methods of corpus linguistics for
students approaching this topic for the first time, putting specific emphasis on the enormous …

Since the beginning of signed language research, the linguistic units have been divided into
conventional, standard and fixed signs, all of which were considered as the core of the …

This paper presents a study of the use of constructed action (CA) in the stories and
conversations of adult Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) signers of different ages. CA is …

The framework of depicting put forward by offers a schematic vantage point from which to
examine iconic language use. Confronting the framework with empirical data, we consider …

This article examines interactions between deaf and hearing people in Nepal that are
conducted in natural sign, a mode of signed communication involving relatively small …

Meanings communicated with depictions constitute an integral part of how speakers and
signers actually use language (Clark, 2016). Recent studies have argued that, in sign …