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The neural representation of spatial predicate-argument structures in sign language

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  30 January 2004

Bencie Woll*
Affiliation:
Department of Language and Communication Science, City University, London, United Kingdomhttp://www.city.ac.uk/lcs

Abstract:

Evidence from studies of the processing of topographic and classifier constructions in sign language sentences provides a model of how a mental scene description can be represented linguistically, but it also raises questions about how this can be related to spatial linguistic descriptions in spoken languages and their processing. This in turn provides insights into models of the evolution of language.

Type
Open Peer Commentary
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2003

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