Chapter 6. Syntax: simple sentences

Pfau, Roland; Bos, Heleen

doi:10.1075/z.199.06pfa

In:The Linguistics of Sign Languages: An introduction
Edited by Anne E. Baker, Beppie van den Bogaerde, Roland Pfau and Trude Schermer
[Not in series 199] 2016
► pp. 117–147

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Chapter 6
Syntax: simple sentences

Roland Pfau

Heleen Bos

Published online: 23 June 2016

https://doi.org/10.1075/z.199.06pfa

Article outline

6.1Introduction
6.2Function of constituents
6.3Valency
6.4Semantic and grammatical roles
6.5Sign order
- 6.5.1Basic order at the sentence level
- 6.5.2Sign order within the noun phrase
6.6Topicalization
6.7Sentence types
- 6.7.1Interrogatives
- 6.7.2Imperatives
6.8Negation and affirmation
6.9Pronominalization and pro-drop
Summary
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