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香港中文大学研究人员 ( 现职)
| 施婉萍教授 (语言学及现代语言系) |
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摘要Across sign languages, topic constructions are marked by nonmanual features such as a brow raise and head tilt. This study investigates whether a topic constituent is marked nonmanually in Hong Kong Sign Language. Spontaneous and elicited data show that the majority of 'scene-setting' topics, which provide a temporal, spatial or individual framework for the proposition in the sentence, are accompanied with a brow raise and a specific head/body position different from the rest of the sentence. In contrast, 'aboutness' topics that represent what a sentence is about are neither marked by nonmanuals consistently nor separated intonationally from the rest of the sentence. Grammatical objects fronted to the sentence-initial position are not marked nonmanually, either. The findings suggest that there are cross-linguistic differences with respect to the functions of nonmanuals in the information structuring of sign languages. ? John Benjamins Publishing Company.
着者Sze F.
出版年份http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2011
月份8
日期http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2http://aims.cuhk.edu.hk/converis/portal/Publication/2
卷号14
期次1
出版社John Benjamins & HAG Publications
出版地Netherlands
页次115 - 147
国际标準期刊号1387-9316
语言英式英语
关键词'aboutness' topics, 'scene-setting' topics, Fronting of grammatical objects, Hong Kong Sign Language, Nonmanual markings
