Tommi Jantunen
List of John Benjamins publications for which Tommi Jantunen plays a role.
2020 The more you move, the more action you construct: A motion capture study on head and upper-torso movements in constructed action in Finnish Sign Language narratives Gesture 19:1, pp. 72–96 | Article
This paper investigates, with the help of motion capture data processed on corpus principles, the characteristics of head and upper-torso movements in constructed action and regular narration (i.e., signing without constructed action) in FinSL. Specifically, the paper evaluates the validity of… read more
2016 Clausal coordination in Finnish Sign Language Studies in Language 40:1, pp. 204–234 | Article
This paper deals with the coordination of clauses in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Building on conversational data, the paper first shows that linking in conjunctive coordination in FinSL is primarily asyndetic, whereas in adversative and disjunctive coordination FinSL prefers syndetic linking.… read more
2015 Head movements in Finnish Sign Language on the basis of Motion Capture data: A study of the form and function of nods, nodding, head thrusts, and head pulls Sign Language & Linguistics 18:1, pp. 41–89 | Article
This paper reports a study of the forms and functions of head movements produced in the dimension of depth in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Specifically, the paper describes and analyzes the phonetic forms and prosodic, grammatical, communicative, and textual functions of nods, head thrusts,… read more
2007 The equative sentence in Finnish Sign Language Identifying sentences in signed languages, Crasborn, Onno A. (ed.), pp. 113–143 | Article
It is argued in this paper that equative sentences in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) conform to the general schema of (NP) NP+(PI+)NP, parenthesis marking optionality of elements. With respect to this schema, it is further argued, (a) that the function of the first NP in equative sentences is… read more