Locative Shift

In sign language, one may sometimes re-use a locus that originally referred to a spatial location in order to denote an individual found at that location (“Locative Shift”). We suggest that Locative Shift arises when a covert individual-denoting variable a is merged with a location-denoting locus b...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Philippe Schlenker
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Open Library of Humanities 2018-10-01
Series:Glossa
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Online Access:https://www.glossa-journal.org/article/id/5083/