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Agent defocusing in two-participant clauses in Finnish Sign Language

2019

This article investigates what strategies are used for defocusing the agent in two-participant clauses in FinSL. The question is approached by analyzing a set of data that consists of videotaped informational texts. Several strategies for agent defocusing were found. First, the agent can simply be omitted. Second, the agent can be expressed with a pronominal pointing sign used non-referentially. Pronominal pointing signs that can be used non-referentially include at least the non-first person plural pronominal pointing sign and the first person singular pointing sign, possibly also the first person plural pointing sign. This study also suggests that constructed action is an additional, opti…

Linguistics and LanguageVerbContext (language use)Sign languagelausetyypitLanguage and Linguisticsconstructed actionviittomakielipronominal pointing signsomissionagent defocusingpassiiviSet (psychology)PluralLanguage. Linguistic theory. Comparative grammarP101-410passiveAgent defocusing; passive; Finnish Sign Language; omission; pronominal pointing signs; constructed actionLinguisticsviittomatlinguistics sign language linguisticsAntecedent (grammar)Action (philosophy)Agent defocusingsuomalainen viittomakieliPsychologyFinnish Sign LanguageSign (mathematics)
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