Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function
Edited by Myriam Vermeerbergen, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn
[Current Issues in Linguistic Theory, 281] 2007. viii, 360 pp. (incl. CD-Rom)
Myriam Vermeerbergen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Myriam Vermeerbergen plays a role.
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Subjects Electronic/Multimedia Products | Signed languages | Theoretical linguistics | Typology
Articles
2022 Stance in Flemish Sign Language: A multimodal and polysemiotic phenomenon The Semiotic Diversity of Language: The Case of Signed Languages, Lepeut, Alysson and Inez Beukeleers (eds.), pp. 16–45 | Article
In this contribution, we offer a first exploration of stance expressions in Flemish Sign Language (VGT). Biber and Finegan (1989) define stance as the expression of feelings, attitudes, judgments, commitments, and assessments. The few studies focusing on stance in signed languages have shown… read more
2018 Flemish Sign Language development: A case study on Deaf mother – deaf child interactions Functions of Language 25:2, pp. 289–322 | Article
This case study provides a first exploratory study on the early Flemish Sign Language acquisition of a deaf infant from the perspective of Halliday’s Systemic Functional Theory. It highlights some remarkable aspects of sign language acquisition with respect to interpersonal interaction between… read more
2010 Sign language interpreting and translating Handbook of Translation Studies: Volume 1, Gambier, Yves and Luc van Doorslaer (eds.), pp. 324–328 | Article
2008 Iconicity in sign languages Naturalness and Iconicity in Language, Willems, Klaas and Ludovic De Cuypere (eds.), pp. 189–214 | Article
Sign languages are visual-gestural communication systems with a great potential for iconic structures and indeed, in sign languages iconicity is pervasive, both on the lexical and the grammical levels. However, in early sign language research the role of iconicity was downplayed in order to stress… read more
2007 Sign + Gesture = Speech + Gesture? Comparing Aspects of Simultaneity in Flemish Sign Language to Instances of Concurrent Speech and Gesture Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function, Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn (eds.), pp. 257–282 | Article
2007 Simultaneity in Signed Languages.: A String of Sequentially Organised Issues Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function, Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn (eds.), pp. 1–25 | Article
2007 Constituent order in Flemish Sign Language (VGT) and South African Sign Language (SASL): A cross-linguistic study Sign Language & Linguistics 10:1, pp. 23–54 | Article
This paper reports on a comparison of word order issues, and more specifically on the order of the verb and its arguments, in two unrelated sign languages: South African Sign Language and Flemish Sign Language. The study comprises the first part of a larger project in which a number of grammatical… read more
