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1. Tutorial: Sign Language Linguistics

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Bross, Fabian, Goos, Gerhard, Founding Editor, Hartmanis, Juris, Founding Editor, Bertino, Elisa, Editorial Board Member, Gao, Wen, Editorial Board Member, Steffen, Bernhard, Editorial Board Member, Woeginger, Gerhard, Editorial Board Member, Yung, Moti, Editorial Board Member, Özgün, Aybüke, editor, and Zinova, Yulia, editor

Published
2022
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2. The clausal syntax of German Sign Language

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Bross, Fabian

Subjects
Language Arts & Disciplines, Linguistics, Syntax, bic Book Industry Communication::C Language::CF linguistics::CFK Grammar, syntax & morphology
Abstract

This book presents a hypothesis-based description of the clausal structure of German Sign Language (DGS). The structure of the book is based on the three clausal layers CP, IP/TP, and VoiceP. The main hypothesis is that scopal height is expressed iconically in sign languages: the higher the scope of an operator, the higher the articulator used for its expression. The book was written with two audiences in mind: On the one hand it addresses linguists interested in sign languages and on the other hand it addresses cartographers.

Published
2020
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6. What is iconicity?: The view from sign languages.

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Bross, Fabian

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*SIGN language, *MENTAL representation, *MENTAL work
Abstract

Iconicity has been defined in three majors ways in the sign language literature. Some authors describe iconicity as a similarity mapping between a signifier (the mental representation of the form side of a linguistic sign) and its referent, while others state that iconicity is to be understood as a similarity mapping between a signifier and its meaning. Other scholars have defined iconicity as a similarity mapping between a signifier and some other mental representation. The goal of this paper is to give an overview of the consequences entailed by defining iconicity as a mapping between a signifier and its referent, a signifier and its meaning, or a signifier and some mental concept. These consequences will be discussed from different theoretical perspectives. It will be argued that definitions viewing iconicity as a mapping between a signifier and some associated mental concept work best, while definitions based on reference and meaning run into several theoretical problems or are, at least, rather theory-specific. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2024
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7. Zur Wahrnehmung des generischen Maskulinums in Erstgliedern von Komposita und maskuliner Epizöna.

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Bross, Fabian and Kurz, Lea-Sophie

Subjects
GERMAN language, INTERPERSONAL relations, NOUNS, AMBIGUITY, GENDER, MASCULINITY
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Published
2023
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10. UNTERSCHIEDE BEIM SCHREIBEN AM SMARTPHONE UND AM COMPUTER: EIN KURZER KOMMENTAR ZUR GROßSCHREIBUNG AM BEGINN VON E-MAILS.

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Bross, Fabian

Subjects
WRITTEN communication, LINGUISTIC change, ENGLISH language, SMARTPHONES, SALUTATIONS
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Published
2024

11. VON BIERTRINKENDEN STUDIERENDEN, SCHLAFENDEN LACHENDEN UND GENDER-SENSIBLER SPRACHE: ZUR INTERPRETATION DER GLEICHZEITIGKEIT NOMINALISIERTER PARTIZIPIEN.

Author

Bross, Fabian

Subjects
EMPIRICAL research, ATTITUDE (Psychology), LANGUAGE & languages
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Copyright of Sprachreport is the property of Institut fuer Deutsche Sprache and its content may not be copied or emailed to multiple sites or posted to a listserv without the copyright holder's express written permission. However, users may print, download, or email articles for individual use. This abstract may be abridged. No warranty is given about the accuracy of the copy. Users should refer to the original published version of the material for the full abstract. (Copyright applies to all Abstracts.)

Published
2023
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13. Fantastic ‘at leasts’ and how to sign them: epistemic, concessive, and qualifying readings of scalar modifiers of the ‘at least’ class in German Sign Language

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Bross, Fabian and Bross, Fabian

Abstract

Scalar modifiers, such as the English at least, have been argued to have four different readings: a neutral, an epistemic, a concessive, and a qualifying reading. This paper investigates the expression of these four readings in German Sign Language against the background of the Bodily Mapping Hypothesis. This hypothesis states that there is a systematic mapping between the position of an operator in the syntactic structure and the height of the articulator expressing it: the higher in the structure an operator is located, the higher the body part used for its expression will be. It will be shown that the readings of ‘at least’ encoding CP-functions are expressed using upper face non-manual markings, while the neutral reading is expressed manually without any additional non-manuals—in line with the Bodily Mapping Hypothesis.

Published
2022

19. Object marking in German Sign Language ('Deutsche Gebärdensprache'): Differential object marking and object shift in the visual modality

Author

Bross, Fabian

Subjects
Language. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammar, P101-410, german sign language, sign language, sign language linguistics, differential object marking, object shift, German Sign Language, object marking, person agreement marker
Abstract

This article discusses differential object marking and object shift in German Sign Language (DGS). Although there is already some literature discussing the existence of differential object marking in sign languages, this article provides the first in-depth description of the phenomenon in a visual language. It will be shown that the sign PAM, previously categorized as an agreement auxiliary, is in fact a differential object marker with adposition-like properties—at least in the Southern variant of DGS with which this article is concerned. Additionally, it will be shown that definite objects move into a structurally higher position in DGS. This behavior is well-known from spoken languages, but is not well-documented for sign languages.

Published
2020

20. Contrastive focus reduplication and the modification puzzle

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Lingüística y estudios vascos, Hizkuntzalaritza eta euskal ikasketak, Bross, Fabian, Fraser, Katherine Elizabeth, Lingüística y estudios vascos, Hizkuntzalaritza eta euskal ikasketak, Bross, Fabian, and Fraser, Katherine Elizabeth

Abstract

In this short paper we present a so far unnoticed syntactic constraint on contrastive focus-reduplication (CR), a phenomenon that restricts the semantics of the reduplicated element to a prototypical meaning (but has other uses as well): The CR construction cannot be modified. In the case of nominal CR, this means that adjectival modification is blocked, as in *black COFFEE-coffee. We present data from English and German to support our claim and highlight how earlier accounts fail to capture the syntactic restriction. We then provide a sketch of an analysis couched with a Cartographic framework, tentatively proposing that CR results either (i) from cyclical-movement of phrasal material through the specifiers of functional projections into the specifier of a focus phrase or (ii) by directly moving phrasal material into the specifier of a focus phrase.

Published
2020

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