A Grammar of German Sign Language (DGS)

List of abbreviations

 

Abbreviations of functional morphemes

 

atel

atelic

aux

auxiliary

ben

benefactive

caus

causative

com

comitative

comp

complementizer

compl

completive

cond

conditional

cont

continuous

cop

copula

decl

declarative

def

definite

dem

demonstrative

det

determiner

distr

distributive

dur

durative

excl

exclusive

foc

focus

fut

future

imp

imperative

incl

inclusive

ind

indicative

indef

indefinite

inf

infinitive

ins

instrumental

impfv

imperfective

irr

irrealis

loc

locative

neg

negation, negative

nmlz

nominalizer

pfv

perfective

pl

plural

poss

possessive

prf

perfect

prs

present

prog

progressive

pst

past

q_prt

question particle/marker

quot

quotative

recp

reciprocal

refl

reflexive

rel

relative

res

resultative

sg

singular

tel

telic

top

topic

voc

vocative

 

 

Abbreviations of non-manual markers

 

             top

topic marker

             wh

wh-question marker

             y/n

yes/no-question marker

             neg

syntactic negation marker

           cond

conditional marker

             foc

focus marker

              rel

relative clause marker

               rs

role shift

               re

raised eyebrows

               fe

furrowed eyebrows

                le

lowered eyebrows

              eg

eye gaze

  eg-straight

straight directed eye gaze

      eg-right

eye gaze to the right

     eg-down

eye gaze directed downwards

               sq

squint

              we

widened eyes

                b

blink

            wrn

wrinkled nose

              cu

chin up

              cd

chin down

               cb

chin back

               pc

puffed cheeks

               hs

headshake

              hn

head nod

             hth

head thrust

            ht-b

head tilt backward

            ht-f

head tilt forward

         ht-left

head tilt to the left

       ht-right

head tilt to the right

              hp

head position

            bl-f

body lean forward

           bl-b

body lean backwards

        bl-left

body lean to the left

      bl-right

body lean to the right

 

List of editors

Sina Proske, Derya Nuhbalaoglu, Annika Herrmann, Jana Hosemann & Markus Steinbach

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Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.), A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. ((http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st edn. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

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