@article{560135,
  address    = {Amsterdam/Philadelphia},
  author     = {Victoria Nyst},
  journal    = {Sign Language & Linguistics},
  number     = {2},
  pages      = {350-379},
  publisher  = {John Benjamins Publishing Company},
  title      = {Cross-linguistic variation in space-based distance for size depiction in the lexicons of six sign languages},
  url        = {https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00024.nys},
  volume     = {21},
  year       = {2018},
  abstract   = {This paper presents a semiotic study of the distribution of a type of size depiction in lexical signs in six sign languages. Recently, a growing number of studies are focusing on the distribution of two representation techniques, i.e. the use of entity handshapes and handling handshapes for the depiction of hand-held tools (e.g. Ortega et al. 2014). Padden et al. (2013) find that there is cross-linguistic variation in the use of this pair of representation techniques. This study looks at variation in a representation technique that has not been systematically studied before, i.e. the delimitation of a stretch of space to depict the size of a referent, or space-based distance for size depiction. It considers the question whether the cross-linguistic variation in the use of this representation technique is governed by language-specific patterning as well (cf. Padden et al. 2013).},
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  besttxt    = {ptxt2\africa\nyst_size-sign2018.txt},
  cfn        = {africa\nyst_size-sign2018.pdf},
  doi        = {10.1075/sll.00024.nys},
  fn         = {africa\nyst_size-sign2018.pdf, africa\nyst_size-depiction-sign2018.pdf, africa\nyst_size-sign2018_o.pdf},
  hhtype     = {comparative;minimal},
  inlg       = {English [eng]},
  issn       = {1387-9316},
  keywords   = {typology of iconicity, African sign languages, iconic patterning in the lexicon, areal features in sign languages},
  lgcode     = {AdaSL, NGT, LSF = French Sign Language [fsl], Auslan, LaSiMa = LaSiMa [bog], LaSiBo = Langue des Signes de Bouakako [NOCODE_Signes-Bouakako]},
  macro_area = {Africa, Eurasia},
  src        = {benjamins, hh}
}