Relativization in Italian Sign Language (LIS) is one of those still rather few cases in the field of sign language syntax where there is some literature, a number of diverging analyses, and some debate. This literature is the base for this article. Its aim is to reconcile the opposing viewsproposed under a new general analysis of relativization, which the authors have been developing in recent years based on spoken languages (Cecchetto & Donati 2010, 2015; Donati & Cecchetto 2011). In a nutshell, relatives are seen as relabeling structures, where the movement of a nominal element nominalizes the clause. While in externally headed structures, as in English, what moves is the pivot Noun, in LIS a determiner (glossed YE) performs this relabeling movement, leaving the head Noun stranded in situ. This makes LIS relatives very similar tofree relatives. Some cross-linguisticperspectives are discussed. © 2016 Walter de Gruyter Inc. All rights reserved.

Cecchetto, C., Donati, C. (2016). Relativization in Italian Sign Language: The missing link of relativization. In R. Pfau, M. Steinbach, A. Herrmann (a cura di), A Matter of Complexity: Subordination in Sign Languages (pp. 182-203). De Gruyter.

Relativization in Italian Sign Language: The missing link of relativization

Cecchetto, C;
2016

Abstract

Relativization in Italian Sign Language (LIS) is one of those still rather few cases in the field of sign language syntax where there is some literature, a number of diverging analyses, and some debate. This literature is the base for this article. Its aim is to reconcile the opposing viewsproposed under a new general analysis of relativization, which the authors have been developing in recent years based on spoken languages (Cecchetto & Donati 2010, 2015; Donati & Cecchetto 2011). In a nutshell, relatives are seen as relabeling structures, where the movement of a nominal element nominalizes the clause. While in externally headed structures, as in English, what moves is the pivot Noun, in LIS a determiner (glossed YE) performs this relabeling movement, leaving the head Noun stranded in situ. This makes LIS relatives very similar tofree relatives. Some cross-linguisticperspectives are discussed. © 2016 Walter de Gruyter Inc. All rights reserved.
Capitolo o saggio
Relativization, sign language
English
A Matter of Complexity: Subordination in Sign Languages
Pfau, R; Steinbach, M; Herrmann, A
2016
9781501503238
De Gruyter
182
203
Cecchetto, C., Donati, C. (2016). Relativization in Italian Sign Language: The missing link of relativization. In R. Pfau, M. Steinbach, A. Herrmann (a cura di), A Matter of Complexity: Subordination in Sign Languages (pp. 182-203). De Gruyter.
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