Caroline de Dear

Caroline de Dear

List of John Benjamins publications for which Caroline de Dear plays a role.

Article

de Dear, Caroline, Joe Blythe, Francesco Possemato, Lesley Stirling, Rod Gardner, Ilana Mushin and Frances Kofod. 2021. Locational pointing in Murrinhpatha, Gija, and English conversations. Gesture 20:3, pp. 417–452
It has been suggested that the gestural accuracy used by speakers of Australian Aboriginal languages like Guugu Yimidhirr and Arrernte to indicate directions and represent topographic features is a consequence of absolute frame of reference being dominant in these languages; and that the… read more | Article