Hidden in plain view: degeneracy in complex systems

PH Mason, B Winter, A Grignolio - Biosystems, 2015 - Elsevier
Degeneracy is a word with two meanings. The popular usage of the word denotes deviance
and decay. In scientific discourse, degeneracy refers to the idea that different pathways can …

Language as description, indication, and depiction

L Ferrara, G Hodge - Frontiers in Psychology, 2018 - frontiersin.org
Signers and speakers coordinate a broad range of intentionally expressive actions within
the spatiotemporal context of their face-to-face interactions (;;;). Varied semiotic repertoires …

Doing narrative analysis from a narratives-as-practices perspective

A De Fina - Narrative Inquiry, 2021 - jbe-platform.com
In this paper I lay out some of the main theoretical methodological principles that underlie a
narratives-as-practices approach and discuss three foci that emerge from current research …

Making referents seen and heard across signed and spoken languages: Documenting and interpreting cross-modal differences in the use of enactment

S Vandenitte - Frontiers in psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Differences in language use and structures between signed and spoken languages have
often been attributed to so-called language “modality.” Indeed, this is derived from the …

Ideophones and reduplication: Depiction, description, and the interpretation of repeated talk in discourse

M Dingemanse - … in Language. International Journal sponsored by …, 2015 - jbe-platform.com
Repetition is one of the most basic operations on talk, often discussed for its iconic
meanings. Ideophones are marked words that depict sensory imagery, often identified by …

[图书][B] The Routledge handbook of cognitive linguistics

X Wen, JR Taylor - 2021 - api.taylorfrancis.com
essential reference work to cognitive linguistics. It encompasses a wide range of
perspectives and approaches, covering all the key areas of cognitive linguistics and drawing …

[图书][B] Modelling paralanguage using systemic functional semiotics: Theory and application

T Ngo, S Hood, JR Martin, C Painter, BA Smith… - 2021 - books.google.com
Winner of the ASFLA (Australian Systemic Functional Linguistics Association) MAK Halliday
Prize 2023 This book is the first comprehensive account of'body language'as' paralanguage' …

[HTML][HTML] The semiotic diversity of doing reference in a deaf signed language

G Hodge, LN Ferrara, BD Anible - Journal of Pragmatics, 2019 - Elsevier
This article describes how deaf signers of Auslan (a deaf signed language of Australia)
coordinate fully conventionalised forms (such as lexical manual signs and English …

Elaborating who's what: A study of constructed action and clause structure in Auslan (Australian Sign Language)

L Ferrara, T Johnston - Australian journal of linguistics, 2014 - Taylor & Francis
In spoken and signed language discourse, periods of gestural enactment, or constructed
action, appear sequentially and simultaneously with linguistic signs. In the domain of signed …

Signed languages: A triangular semiotic dimension

O Capirci, C Bonsignori, A Di Renzo - Frontiers in Psychology, 2022 - frontiersin.org
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 …