Frontmatter

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Contents V
3. Acknowledgments XI
4. Notation conventions XIII
5. List of sign languages XVII
6. Part I: Background
7. 1 Introduction 1
8. 2 Methodology 27
9. Part II: Verb semantics and iconic mappings
10. 3 Verb types and semantic maps 57
11. 4 Iconic mapping patterns 90
12. 5 Synthesis: verb semantics 119
13. Part III: Morphosyntactic properties of verb forms
14. 6 Body-anchored verbs 131
15. 7 Neutral verbs 151
16. 8 Agreement verbs and spatial verbs 185
17. 9 Synthesis: morphosyntactic properties 221
18. Part IV: Theoretical analysis and implications
19. 10 Spatial verbs are demonstration verbs 237
20. 11 A unified analysis in terms of agreement 251
21. 12 Concluding remarks 294
22. A Verb meanings and lexical signs 308
23. Bibliography 311
24. Index 326