GRADABLE PREDICATES IN RUSSIAN SIGN LANGUAGE

Kirill Aksenov ()
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Kirill Aksenov: National Research University Higher School of Economics

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Abstract: This paper aims at describing the syntactic and semantic properties of gradable predicates in Russian Sign Language (RSL). Property signs in RSL, such as BIG or BEAUTIFUL, generally behave similarly to stative predicates. However, their compatibility with the degree modifiers and aspectual markers shows that they significantly differ from other stative verbs. Thus, they can be categorized as a separate adjective class. In addition to that, adjective class in RSL is not homogeneous. Property signs of age and size form the core of this syntactic category.

Keywords: property signs; Russian Sign Language; categorical status of adjectives; gradable predicates. (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Z (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 19 pages
Date: 2019
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Published in WP BRP Series: Linguistics / LNG, December 2019, pages 1-19

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