Pamela Perniss

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List of John Benjamins publications in which Pamela Perniss is involved.

Journal

Edited by Roland Pfau and Pamela Perniss

ISSN 1387-9316 | E‑ISSN 1569‑996X

Title

Edited by Pamela Perniss, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg

The Iconicity in Language and Literature series has long been dedicated to the recognition and understanding of the pervasiveness of iconicity in language in its many forms and functions. The present volume, divided into four sections, brings together and unifies different perspectives on iconicity. read more

[Iconicity in Language and Literature, 17] 2020. xii, 331 pp.

Articles (5) | Order by:

Seyfeddinipur, Mandana, Pamela Perniss and Claudia Wegener 2026 Chapter 8. Taking language use seriously: On the importance of multimodality and interaction in documentary practices The Documentarist Turn: From observable linguistic behaviour to typological generalizations, Riesberg, Sonja, Uta Reinöhl and Birgit Hellwig (eds.), pp. 182–209 | Chapter

The aim of language documentation is to provide a comprehensive record of the observable linguistic behaviour and practices of a language community to be used now and in the future. The endeavour goes beyond the mere description of the linguistic system. To serve as a multipurpose record, the… read more

Perniss, Pamela 2020 Introduction Operationalizing Iconicity, Perniss, Pamela, Olga Fischer and Christina Ljungberg (eds.), pp. ix–xii | Chapter

Sümer, Beyza, Pamela Perniss and Aslı Özyürek 2017 Chapter 14. A first study on the development of spatial viewpoint in sign language acquisition: The case of Turkish Sign Language Social Environment and Cognition in Language Development: Studies in honor of Ayhan Aksu-Koç, Ketrez, F. Nihan, Aylin C. Küntay, Şeyda Özçalışkan and Aslı Özyürek (eds.), pp. 223–240 | Chapter

The current study examines, for the first time, the viewpoint preferences of signing children in expressing spatial relations that require imposing a viewpoint (left-right, front-behind). We elicited spatial descriptions from deaf children (4–9 years of age) acquiring Turkish Sign Language (TİD)… read more

Perniss, Pamela 2008 Space and iconicity in German Sign Language (DGS): (Radboud University, Nijmegen, 2007) Sign Language & Linguistics 11:1, pp. 123–129 | Article

Perniss, Pamela 2007 Locative Functions of Simultaneous Perspective Constructions in German Sign Language Narratives Simultaneity in Signed Languages: Form and function, Vermeerbergen, Myriam, Lorraine Leeson and Onno A. Crasborn (eds.), pp. 27–54 | Article