LINGUIST List 18.1687: Pragmatics: Wrobel: 'Space as a Communicative Resource'

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Mon Jun 04 2007 Diss: Pragmatics: Wrobel: 'Space as a Communicative Resource' Editor for this issue: Hunter Lockwood <hunterlinguistlist.org>
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Directory 1. Ulrike Wrobel, Space as a Communicative Resource Message 1: Space as a Communicative Resource
Date: 22-May-2007 From: Ulrike Wrobel <ulrike.wrobeluni-bielefeld.de> Subject: Space as a Communicative Resource Institution: University of Munich Program: International Doctoral Program in Linguistics Dissertation Status: Completed Degree Date: 2007 Author: Ulrike Wrobel Dissertation Title: Space as a Communicative Resource Linguistic Field(s): Pragmatics Subject Language(s): German Sign Language (gsg) Language Family(ies): Deaf Sign Language Dissertation Director: Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Konrad Ehlich Prof. Dr. Gerd Kegel Prof. Dr. Angelika Redder Dissertation Abstract: This book provides a critical survey on the linguistic use and applicability of common spoken language concepts to natural Sign Languages. Notions like phoneme, syllable, morpheme, movement, verb etc. are discussed and reviewed according to the fact that space does not merely govern the grammar of Sign Languages, but displays a communicative function in visual languages: it is shown that space is a communicative resource to Sign Languages. Therefore, it is pointed out how a functional and pragmatic approach to the analysis of visual languages is able to show the merit obtainable by the use of space. Respond to list\|Read more issues\|LINGUIST home page\|Top of issue

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