Emily Koenders
List of John Benjamins publications for which Emily Koenders plays a role.
2024 Noun classifiers in Hong Kong Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 27:1, pp. 35–72 | Article
As most other sign languages, Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) makes use of verbal classifiers for the purpose of spatial predication. However, a thorough study of the Asian SignBank shows that these same classifier handshapes occur in 76% of all HKSL nouns. In this paper, I argue that these… read more
2024 Doubling in Hong Kong Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 27:2, pp. 137–167 | Article
The present paper provides a copy-movement analysis for doubling in Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL). HKSL allows for the doubling of heads and phrases in an XYX pattern with the doubled element occurring clause-finally. I argue that doubled elements undergo A’-movement into Spec,FocP, attracted… read more
2023 The count-mass distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language: A typological study into the surface manifestations and the grammatical encoding of the count-mass distinction in Hong Kong Sign Language using the framework of Distributed Morphology Sign Language & Linguistics 26:2, pp. 344–356 | Abstract
2022 Hong Kong Sign Language numerals: Interaction of syntactic processes and the movement-parameter Sign Language & Linguistics 25:2, pp. 163–204 | Article
Syntactic processes trigger changes in the movement-parameter of Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) numeral signs. Though HKSL cardinal numerals by default do not contain movement and are produced in neutral space, under specific circumstances, the movement-parameter can be altered from [∅] to… read more