Svetlana Dachkovsky
List of John Benjamins publications in which Svetlana Dachkovsky is involved.
Articles
2025 Sign language adaptation of the Depression Anxiety Stress Scales — 21 (DASS-21) Sign Language & Linguistics 28:2, pp. 263–298 | Article
Despite the heterogeneity of the deaf population, research shows that deaf individuals experience a high incidence of mental health problems, with high reports of depression and anxiety. This emphasizes the importance of ensuring appropriate mental health therapy. Assessment tools presented in… read more
2020 From a demonstrative to a relative clause marker: Grammaticalization of pointing signs in Israeli Sign Language Special Issue in Memory of Irit Meir, Lillo-Martin, Diane, Wendy Sandler, Marie Coppola and Rose Stamp (eds.), pp. 142–170 | Article
Demonstratives provide an important link between gesture, discourse and grammar due to their communicative function to coordinate the interlocutor’s focus of attention. This underlies their frequent cross-linguistic development into a wide range of function words and morphemes (Diessel 1999).… read more
