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  2. 1. Acquisition of reference to self and others in Greek Sign Language : From pointing gesture to pronominal pointing signs

    Author : Marianna Hatzopoulou; Brita Bergman; Richard P. Meier; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; deaf children; Greek Sign Language; personal pronouns; pointing; pointing signs; reference; sign language acquisition; Sign language; Teckenspråk; Sign Language; teckenspråk;

    Abstract : This dissertation explores the emergence of the linguistic use of pointing as first- and non-first-person pronoun in Greek Sign Language. Despite the similarity in form between the pointing gesture and pronominal pointing signs, children acquiring sign language pass through the same stages and acquire personal pronouns at about the same age as children acquiring spoken language. READ MORE

  4. 2. The "Reflexive" as an Interpretation

    Author : Robert Ryan; Barbara Lewandowska-Tomaszczyk; Växjö universitet; []
    Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; linguistic sign; semiotics; meaning; interpretation; arbitrariness; underdeterminacy; diathesis; energia; páthos; voice; Dionysios Thrax; Tékhnē Grammatikē; prototype; Transitivity; Polish; Classical Greek; English; emphatic; decomitative; characteristic property; anti-causative; high degree of activity; reciprocal; beneficial; resultative; reflexive; focalization; narrative point of view; Diathesis; English language; Engelska språket; Engelsk språkvetenskap; English;

    Abstract : This thesis is an investigation into the meaning of the ‘reflexive’ pronoun in English, and provides a cross-linguistic generalization concerning the structurally distinct forms that can be associated with the ‘reflexive’. Before the question of the meaning of the ‘reflexive’ pronoun in English is addressed directly, the theoretical framework, primarily Structuralist, in which the results of the study are to be understood is outlined. READ MORE