Ulrike Zeshan

List of John Benjamins publications for which Ulrike Zeshan plays a role.

Title

Subjects Signed languages | Syntax

Articles

Zeshan, Ulrike and Nick Palfreyman 2019 Chapter 14. Sensory perception metaphors in sign languagesPerception Metaphors, Speed, Laura J., Carolyn O'Meara, Lila San Roque and Asifa Majid (eds.), pp. 275–302 | Chapter
In this chapter, we explore perceptual metaphors across a convenience sample of data from 24 sign languages. To do this, the chapter uses the framework of Sign Language Typology, the systematic comparative study of grammatical/semantic domains across sign languages (Zeshan & Palfreyman, 2017). Sign… read more
Zeshan, Ulrike and Sibaji Panda 2015 Two languages at hand: Code-switching in bilingual deaf signersSign Language & Linguistics 18:1, pp. 90–131 | Article
This article explores patterns of co-use of two sign languages in casual conversational data from four deaf bilinguals, who are fluent in Indian Sign Language (ISL) and Burundi Sign Language (BuSL). We investigate the contributions that both sign languages make to these conversations at lexical,… read more
Zeshan, Ulrike and Sibaji Panda 2011 5. Reciprocal constructions in Indo-Pakistani Sign LanguageReciprocals and Semantic Typology, Evans, Nicholas, Alice Gaby, Stephen C. Levinson and Asifa Majid (eds.), pp. 91–114 | Article
Indo-Pakistani Sign Language (IPSL) is the sign language used by deaf communities in a large region across India and Pakistan. This visual-gestural language has a dedicated construction for specifically expressing reciprocal relationships, which can be applied to agreement verbs and to auxiliaries.… read more
Schwager, Waldemar and Ulrike Zeshan 2010 Word classes in sign languages: Criteria and classificationsParts of Speech: Empirical and theoretical advances, Ansaldo, Umberto, Jan Don and Roland Pfau (eds.), pp. 5–41 | Article
Schwager, Waldemar and Ulrike Zeshan 2008 Word classes in sign languages: Criteria and classificationsParts of Speech: Descriptive tools, theoretical constructs, Ansaldo, Umberto, Jan Don and Roland Pfau (eds.), pp. 509–545 | Article
The topic of word classes remains curiously under-represented in the sign language literature due to many theoretical and methodological problems in sign linguistics. This article focuses on language-specific classifications of signs into word classes in two different sign languages: German Sign… read more
This article provides a first overview of some striking grammatical structures in Türk İş aret Dili (Turkish Sign Language, TID), the sign language used by the Deaf community in Turkey. The data are described with a typological perspective in mind, focusing on aspects of TID grammar that are… read more