Italian Sign Language from a Cognitive and Socio-semiotic Perspective: Implications for a general language theory
Virginia Volterra, Maria Roccaforte, Alessio Di Renzo and Sabina Fontana
[Gesture Studies, 9] 2022. vi, 220 pp.
Sabina Fontana
List of John Benjamins publications for which Sabina Fontana plays a role.
Title
Subjects Cognition and language | Gesture Studies | Semiotics | Signed languages
Article
2008 Mouth actions as gesture in sign language Dimensions of gesture, Kendon, Adam † and Tommaso Russo Cardona (eds.), pp. 104–123 | Article
The present study investigates the nature of mouth actions in Italian Sign Language (LIS) and shows how the manual and the oral modality can be integrated when the visual-gestural channel is chosen for communication. Finally, the role played by mouth actions in sign language will be investigated… read more