Nathan Sanders
List of John Benjamins publications in which Nathan Sanders is involved.
Articles
2024 An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages: Biomechanics and nonarbitrariness Thematic issue: Historical Linguistics of Sign Languages, pp. 203–250 | Article
Sign languages seem not to be amenable to traditional historical reconstruction via the comparative method, making it difficult to replicate the successes achieved in the diachronic study of spoken languages. We propose to alleviate this difficulty with an alternative approach that draws upon… read more
2016 A cross-linguistic preference for torso stability in the lexicon: Evidence from 24 sign languages Sign Language & Linguistics 19:2, pp. 197–231 | Article
When the arms move in certain ways, they can cause the torso to twist or rock. Such extraneous torso movement is undesirable, especially during sign language communication, when torso position may carry linguistic significance, so we expend effort to resist it when it is not intended. This… read more