Are plain verbs really plain?: co-localization as the agreement marker in sign languages
In contrast to previous discussions on agreement, this paper argues that matching oflocation is the single morphological exponent of verb agreement in sign languages, us-ing data from Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Therefore, we reject the analysis of pathand/or directionality as agreement marker...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Estado: | Versión publicada |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | Brasil |
| Institución: | Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais (UFMG) |
| Repositorio: | Repositório Institucional da UFMG |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:repositorio.ufmg.br:1843/77208 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://doi.org/10.31009/FEAST.i2.06 http://hdl.handle.net/1843/77208 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4272-1282 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Morphosyntax Verb agreement Layering of visual information Brazilian Sign Language Língua brasileira de sinais |
| Sumario: | In contrast to previous discussions on agreement, this paper argues that matching oflocation is the single morphological exponent of verb agreement in sign languages, us-ing data from Brazilian Sign Language (Libras). Therefore, we reject the analysis of pathand/or directionality as agreement markers. We argue that “plain” verbs are actuallycapable of showing agreement, as long as there is no phonological restriction, if we con-sider the sharing of location features (co-localization) as the sole agreement mechanism. Agreement is not restricted to a subset of verbs and is actually more pervasive and pro-ductive than has been argued, thus challenging one argument against calling it agree-ment. |
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