Tense and aspect inflections in Mexican Sign Language verbs | A Cognitive Grammar approach to morphology and phonology in signed languages

Boris Fridman-Mintz

ISBN 10: 3843354170 / ISBN 13: 9783843354172

Published by LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2010

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Tense and aspect inflections in Mexican Sign Language verbs | A Cognitive Grammar approach to morphology and phonology in signed languages | Boris Fridman-Mintz | Taschenbuch | 356 S. | Englisch | 2010 | LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing | EAN 9783843354172 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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• Title: Tense and aspect inflections in Mexican Sign Language verbs | A Cognitive Grammar approach to morphology and phonology in signed languages
• Publisher: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 3843354170
• ISBN 13: 9783843354172
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 220W x 150H x 22D millimeters 220 millimeters width by 150 millimeters height by 22 millimeters depth
• Weight: 548 grams
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Synopsis

A Cognitive Grammar approach is used to exhaustively describe the morphophonological and semantic interactions of various inflections with three verbal Aktionsort categories, in Lengua de Señas Mexicana (Mexican Sign Language). Imperfective usages (e.g. habitual) and imaginary synchronizations (e.g. historical present) result from the Present form of durative verbs. Inchoative meanings emerge from the Perfective Past, or Perfective Future inflection of stative verbs, each with its corresponding temporal grounding. Finally, the Imperfective inflection of durative verbs produces a progressive aspect. So far, no equivalent set of inflectionally induced aspectual nuances and tense categories has been reported for any other sign language.

About the Author

Professor of Linguistics, at the Escuela Nacional de Antropología e Historia, in Mexico City. He is known as an upholder of the cultural rights of the Mexican Deaf Community, and is currently engaged in the development of a Cognitive Grammar approach to phonology and morphology, for spoken and signed languages alike.