Direct discourse expressing evidential values in Catalan Sign Language

This paper presents the unmarked grammatical and discursive means of expressing evidential values in Catalan Sign Language (LSC), an almost unexplored area in the signed language literature. The focusis on the evidential use of constructed direct discourse, not necessarily actual, to present the sou...

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Bibliographic Details
Authors: Jarque, Maria Josep, Pascual, Esther
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2015
Country:España
Institution:Varias* (Consorci de Biblioteques Universitáries de Catalunya, Centre de Serveis Científics i Acadèmics de Catalunya)
Repository:Recercat. Dipósit de la Recerca de Catalunya
OAI Identifier:oai:recercat.cat:2445/114798
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/2445/114798
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Llengua de signes catalana
Semàntica
Catalan Sign Language
Semantics
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Summary:This paper presents the unmarked grammatical and discursive means of expressing evidential values in Catalan Sign Language (LSC), an almost unexplored area in the signed language literature. The focusis on the evidential use of constructed direct discourse, not necessarily actual, to present the source of opinions and events. The study is based on own naturalistic and elicited data of various genres from 20 native LSC signers.