Nonmanuals in Sign Language
Edited by Annika Herrmann and Markus Steinbach
[Benjamins Current Topics, 53] 2013. v, 197 pp.
Annika Herrmann
List of John Benjamins publications for which Annika Herrmann plays a role.
Titles
Subjects Gesture Studies | Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics
Nonmanuals in Sign Language
Edited by Annika Herrmann and Markus Steinbach
Special issue of Sign Language & Linguistics 14:1 (2011) vi, 212 pp.
Subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics
Articles
2023 Neurophysiological evidence for the first mention effect during pronominal reference resolution in German Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 26:1, pp. 117–138 | Squib
Anaphoric pronoun resolution in spoken language has been shown to be influenced by the first mention bias. While this bias has been well investigated in spoken languages, less is known about a similar bias in sign languages. In sign languages, pronominal pointing signs (index) are directed… read more
2021 Phonological priming in German Sign Language: An eye tracking study using the Visual World Paradigm Sign Language & Linguistics 24:1, pp. 4–35 | Article
A number of studies provide evidence for a phonological priming effect in the recognition of single signs based on phonological parameters and that the specific phonological parameters modulated in the priming effect can influence the robustness of this effect. This eye tracking study on German… read more
2018 Between narrator and protagonist in fables of German Sign Language Linguistic Foundations of Narration in Spoken and Sign Languages, Hübl, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 275–308 | Chapter
Sign languages have the unique property of simultaneously transmitting information in various ways. Within perspective taking and role shift, a signer may use various articulators such as the hands, the body, and the face to simultaneously represent different protagonists and/or the narrator. This… read more
2013 Nonmanuals in sign languages Nonmanuals in Sign Language, Herrmann, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 1–6 | Article
2012 Quotation in sign languages: A visible context shift Quotatives: Cross-linguistic and cross-disciplinary perspectives, Buchstaller, Isabelle and Ingrid van Alphen (eds.), pp. 203–228 | Article
Assuming that quoting utterances and thoughts is a universal property of natural languages, sign languages are also expected to have various linguistic means to mark quotation. Like spoken languages, sign languages have regular forms of indirect reported speech. However, sign languages mostly draw… read more
2011 Nonmanuals in sign languages Nonmanuals in Sign Language, Herrmann, Annika and Markus Steinbach (eds.), pp. 3–8 | Article
2010 The interaction of eye blinks and other prosodic cues in German Sign Language Sign Language & Linguistics 13:1, pp. 3–39 | Article
As an interface phenomenon, prosody interacts with all components of grammar, even though it is often subsumed under the broad area of phonology. In sign languages, an equivalent system of prosody reveals interesting results with regard to modality-independent notions of language structure. This… read more
2008 Review of Sandler & Lillo-Martin (2006): Sign language and linguistic universals Sign Language & Linguistics 11:1, pp. 108–111 | Review