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Morgan, H.E.
Argument structure and the role of the body and space in Kenyan Sign Language
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20202020-10-30
Article / Letter to editor
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Kenyan Sign Language
sign language
argument structure
word order
verb agreement
spatial co-reference
macro-community sign languages
<div><div><div><div><p><span>This paper investigates how systematically a young macro-community sign language, Kenyan Sign Language, uses two different means to communicate about events: (i) word order, and (ii) verb agreement using spatial co- reference. The study finds that KSL signers rely primarily on word order and using the body as a referent, rather than verb agreement, when repre- senting transitive events. Yet, by looking separately at how KSL signers use the sub-components of verb agreement, a pattern emerges that indicates a possible path toward ‘canonical verb agreement’. These sub-components are evaluated using Meir’s stages/types of grammaticalization of verb agreement (Meir 2011, 2016), and compared with other young and emerging sign lan- guages.</span></p></div></div></div></div>
Sign Language & Linguistics
https://doi.org/10.1075/sll.00043.mor
Descriptive and Comparative Linguistics
doi:10.1075/sll.00043.mor
lucris-id: 114676439
https://hdl.handle.net/1887/3146371https://hdl.handle.net/1887/license:3application/pdf