Signed Language and Gesture Research in Cognitive Linguistics

Terry Janzen, Barbara Shaffer, Terry Janzen, Barbara Shaffer

• Publisher: De Gruyter Mouton
• Year: 2023
• eBook ISBN: 9783110703894
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Languages & Linguistics
• Subtopic: Sign Language
• Index: Languages & Linguistics

This volume represents the first time that researchers on signed language and gesture have come together with a coherent focus under the framework of cognitive linguistics. The pioneering work of Sherman Wilcox is highlighted throughout, scaffolding much of the research of these contributors. The five sections of the volume reflect critical areas of Dr. Wilcox's own research in cognitive linguistics: Guiding research principles in signed language, gesture, and cognitive linguistics; iconicity across signed and spoken linguistics; multimodality; blending, depiction and metaphor in signed languages; and specific grammatical constructions as form-meaning pairings. The authors of this volume exemplify and continue Dr. Wilcox's work of bridging signed and spoken language disciplines by contributing chapters that represent a multiplicity of perspectives on signed, spoken, and gesture data. This volume presents a unified collection of cognitive linguistics research by leading authors that will be of interest to readers in the fields of signed and spoken language linguistics, gesture studies, and general linguistics.

Table of contents

• Title Page
• Copyright
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction: Examining signed language and gesture research within the domain of cognitive linguistics
• I Guiding principles for signed and spoken language research
• II Iconicity in spoken and signed language
• III Multimodality
• IV Blending and metaphor
• V Grammatical constructions
• VI Concluding commentary
• Index