Ambiguities in sign languages
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20344382 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Josep Quer (0000-0001-6466-2749, Universitat Pompeu Fabra, corresponding author), Marilyn Steinbach (0000-0002-0870-1915, University of Göttingen), Markus Steinbach |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Publication date | 2015-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Linguistic Review (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0167-6318 • E-ISSN: 1613-3676 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1515/tlr-2014-0018 |
| OpenAlex | W2049162981 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 7 |
Natural languages come in two different modalities – the aural-auditory modality of spoken languages and the visual-gestural modality of sign languages. The impact of modality on the grammatical system has been discussed at great length in the last 20 years. By contrast, the impact of modality on semantics in general and on ambiguities in particular has not yet been addressed in detail. In this paper, we deal with different types of ambiguities in sign languages. We discuss typical lexical and structural ambiguities as well as modality-specific aspects such as ambiguities in the use of the signing space and non-manual markers. In addition, we address the questions how sign languages avoid ambiguities and to what extent certain kinds of ambiguities and non-ambiguities depend on the visual-manual modality of sign languages. Since gestures use the same articulatory channel that is also active in the production of signs, we also discuss ambiguities between gestures on the one hand and grammaticalized gestures and signs on the other
Gesture · Linguistics · Manually coded language · Modalities · Programming language · Sign language · Sociology · Computer Science · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems · Hearing Impairment and Communication · linguistics and terminology studies · Mathematics · Artificial Intelligence
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2020 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |