The coding of aspectual values in periphrastic constructions across signed languages
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Maria Josep Jarque Moyano
Abstract
The research conducted over the last forty years shows that aspect in signed languages has formal, semantic and functional properties comparable to other languages of the world and that most of the aspectual categories already identified are expressed lexically/periphrastically and derivationally, rather than inflectionally as is generally assumed (Cf. Klima and Bellugi, 1979; Sexton, 1999). The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. First, we will review patterns of periphrastic expression of aspectual categories in the signed languages studied until present. Second, we will report our research on the periphrastic expression of aspectual values in Catalan Sign Language (LSC).
Abstract
The research conducted over the last forty years shows that aspect in signed languages has formal, semantic and functional properties comparable to other languages of the world and that most of the aspectual categories already identified are expressed lexically/periphrastically and derivationally, rather than inflectionally as is generally assumed (Cf. Klima and Bellugi, 1979; Sexton, 1999). The purpose of this chapter is two-fold. First, we will review patterns of periphrastic expression of aspectual categories in the signed languages studied until present. Second, we will report our research on the periphrastic expression of aspectual values in Catalan Sign Language (LSC).
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From verbal periphrases to complex predicates 1
- The coding of aspectual values in periphrastic constructions across signed languages 13
- Come che al à vût dit 41
- The rise of the evidential readings of the Catalan periphrasis deure + infinitive 63
- A diachronic analysis of the periphrasis soler + infinitive in Catalan 87
- A comparison of the early grammaticalization of vado + INF in Catalan, Spanish and French 115
- Origin and development of Spanish verbal periphrases haber + ( nexus ) + infinitive 131
- Anteriors and resultatives in Old Spanish 149
- Unexpected grammaticalizations 171
- Degrammaticalisation indices in Iberian complex predicates? 189
- A contrastive study of the degree of grammaticalization of verbal periphrases in Catalan, Spanish and Romanian 211
- Index 234
Kapitel in diesem Buch
- Prelim pages i
- Table of contents v
- From verbal periphrases to complex predicates 1
- The coding of aspectual values in periphrastic constructions across signed languages 13
- Come che al à vût dit 41
- The rise of the evidential readings of the Catalan periphrasis deure + infinitive 63
- A diachronic analysis of the periphrasis soler + infinitive in Catalan 87
- A comparison of the early grammaticalization of vado + INF in Catalan, Spanish and French 115
- Origin and development of Spanish verbal periphrases haber + ( nexus ) + infinitive 131
- Anteriors and resultatives in Old Spanish 149
- Unexpected grammaticalizations 171
- Degrammaticalisation indices in Iberian complex predicates? 189
- A contrastive study of the degree of grammaticalization of verbal periphrases in Catalan, Spanish and Romanian 211
- Index 234
