Gemma Barberà

Biographic Data

ID791845
NAMEGemma Barberà
GIVEN NAMESGemma
FAMILY NAMEBarberà
SIGNATUREBARBERÀ G
AFFILIATIONSUniversitat Pompeu Fabra
ORCID0000-0003-0669-7243
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS6
TOTAL CITATIONS2
AUTHOR COUNT6
EDITOR COUNT0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2014
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2025
H-INDEX1

  • Choice of classifier handshape in Catalan Sign Language

    Open AccessGiorgia Zorzi, Raquel Veiga Busto et al.ARTICLEOpen Linguistics2025

    Classifier predicates are sign language modality specific constructions that are widely spread in all attested sign languages. Extended research has been devoted to the study of these structures, but many aspects related to their nature remain unclear. This article examines the factors that influence the choice of handshape in classifier predicates referring to anthropomorphic entities in Catalan Sign Language (LSC). We present the results of a c…

  • Agent-backgrounding in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

    Open AccessGemma Barberà, Patricia Cabredo Hofherr et al.ARTICLESign Language & Linguistics2022

    This paper examines backgrounding strategies for human agents in Catalan Sign Language, that is, constructions featuring human agents that are non-referential. We identify and analyze four types of agent-backgrounding strategies: subjectless constructions, indefinite pronouns, the impersonal axis, and general nouns. Extending on previous work, we offer a description and a semantico-pragmatic analysis of each construction

  • Anaphoric Strategies Across Language Modalities

    Open AccessLaia Mayol, Gemma BarberàARTICLEJournal of Psycholinguistic…2018References: 5

    The goal of this paper is to compare the different anaphoric strategies that Catalan and Catalan Sign Language (LSC) use by means of a parallel corpus. In particular, our comparison is focused in an examination of the uses of overt subject pronouns in Catalan and how these uses are rendered in a language that exploits the visual-manual modality, such as LSC. As far as we know, this is one of the first studies to compare reference-tracking devices…

  • Backgrounded Agents in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

    Open AccessGemma Barberà, Patricia Cabredo HofherrARTICLELanguage2017

    This article proposes that at least two agent-backgrounding operations with different syntactic and semantic properties have to be distinguished in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): the HIGH-LOCUS CONSTRUCTION and the NONAGREEING CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION. We show that the high-locus construction is a transitive structure with a nonspecific subject. We propose to analyze this construction as involving a null pro-subject, licensed by agreement and interpret…

  • Backgrounded Agents in Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

    Gemma Barberà, Patricia Cabredo HofherrARTICLELanguage2017

    This article proposes that at least two agent-backgrounding operations with different syntactic and semantic properties have to be distinguished in Catalan Sign Language (LSC): the HIGH-LOCUS CONSTRUCTION and the NONAGREEING CENTRAL CONSTRUCTION. We show that the high-locus construction is a transitive structure with a nonspecific subject. We propose to analyze this construction as involving a null pro-subject, licensed by agreement and interpret…

  • Use and Functions of Spatial Planes in Catalan Sign Language (LSC) Discourse

    Gemma BarberàARTICLESign language studies2014Cited by: 2References: 4

    While the phonological description of spatial planes which configure signing space is very detailed (Brentari 1998;Liddell and Johnson 1989;Sandler 1989), our knowledge of its use and functions at the discourse level is still very limited.This article aims at offering a description of the use of the spatial planes in Catalan Sign Language (LSC).It provides a unified treatment of different linguistic phenomena that have been hitherto described sep…