Information structure in sign languages

Instructor Annika Herrmann, University of Hamburg.

Readings

Herrmann, Annika. 2015. The marking of information structure in German Sign Language. In: Frank Kügler und Stefan Baumann (eds.): Prosody and Information Status in Typological Perspective. Special Issue, Lingua. Volume 165, Part B. 277-297.

Kimmelman, Vadim and Roland Pfau. 2016. Information structure in sign languages. In: Oxford Handbook of Information Structure.

Slides

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Sign Language Phonology: From Description to Theory

Instructor Carlo Geraci, CNRS-Institut Jean Nicod, Paris.

Readings

Quer, Josep, Carlo Cecchetto, Caterina Donati, Carlo Geraci, Meltem Kelepir, Roland Pfau & Markus Steinbach. 2017. SignGram Blueprint: A Guide to Sign Language Grammar Writing. PART 2, Chapters 1-2 (pdf here)

Brentari, Diane. 1998. A prosodic model of Sign Language Phonology. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press. Chapters 3-4 (pdf here)

McCarthy, John J. 2001. A Thematic Guide to Optimality Theory. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Chapter 1. (pdf here)

Slides

Slides 01 Intro here

Slides 02 Description here

Slides 03 Prosodic Model here

Slides 04 SL Syllable here

Slides 05 Phonological processes: a case study here

Sign Language Syntax

Instructor Carlo Cecchetto, CNRS-Paris 8 & University of Milan-Bicocca

Readings

R. Pfau The grammaticalization of headshakes: From head movement to negative head. In: Smith ADM, Trousdale G, Waltereit R, editors. New directions in grammaticalization research. Amsterdam: Benjamins; 2015. pp. 9–50

Donati, C., G. Barberà, C. Branchini, C. Cecchetto, Geraci C. & J. Quer. 2017. Searching for mandatory in European sign languages. In Van Olmen, D. and S. Heinold (eds.). Imperatives and Other Directive Strategies. Amsterdam: John Benjamins, 111-155.

C. Cecchetto .2016. The syntax of Sign Language and Universal Grammar. In I. Roberts (ed.) The Oxford Handbook of Universal grammar, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 509-526.

J. Quer, C. Cecchetto, C. Donati, C. Geraci, M. Kelepir, R. Pfau, and M. Steinbach (scientific directors). SignGram Blueprint: A guide to sign language grammar writing. Mouton De Gruyter. Expected publication date: 2017.

Slides

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