Constructing signs

Place as a symbolic structure in signed languages

Bibliographic Data

ID12197034
AuthorsWilcox (0000-0003-2192-6075, University of New Mexico, corresponding author), Sherman Wilcox (University of New Mexico), Corrine Occhino (0000-0002-4459-5937, University of New Mexico)
Year2016
Volume27
Issue3
Pages371-404
Publication date2016-07-06
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCognitive Linguistics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0936-5907 • E-ISSN: 1613-3641
PublisherDe Gruyter Mouton (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/cog-2016-0003
OpenAlexW2471605641
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited40

This paper presents a usage-based, Cognitive Grammar analysis of Place as a symbolic structure in signed languages. We suggest that many signs are better viewed as constructions in which schematic or specific formal properties are extracted from usage events alongside specific or schematic meaning. We argue that pointing signs are complex constructions composed of a pointing device and a Place, each of which are symbolic structures having form and meaning. We extend our analysis to antecedent-anaphora constructions and directional verb constructions. Finally, we discuss how the usage-based approach suggests a new way of understanding the relationship between language and gesture

Anaphora (linguistics · Antecedent (behavioral psychology · Cognition · Cognitive grammar · Cognitive linguistics · Construction Grammar · Gesture · Grammar · Linguistics · Meaning (existential · Natural language processing · Resolution (logic · Schematic · Verb · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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