Beyond Grammar and the Lexicon: Indicating and Depicting in Sign Language Discourse

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Scott K. Liddell (Gallaudet University, Washington DC)

Beyond Grammar and the Lexicon

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Indicating and Depicting in Sign Language Discourse

Scott K. Liddell (Gallaudet University, Washington DC)

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Cambridge University Press
09 April 2026

Grammar, syntax; Sign languages, Braille & other linguistic communication

Indicating and depicting are widely understood to be fundamental, meaningful components of everyday spoken language discourse: a speaker's arms and hands are free to indicate and depict because they do not articulate words. In contrast, a signer's arms and hands do articulate signs. For this reason, linguists studying sign languages have overwhelmingly concluded that signers do not indicate and depict as a part of signed articulations. This book demonstrates that signers do, however, indicate - by incorporating non-lexical gestures into their articulations of individual signs. Fully illustrated throughout, it also shows that signers create depictions in numerous ways through conceptualizations, in which the hands, other parts of the body, and parts of the space ahead of the signer depict things. By establishing that indicating and depicting are also fundamental, meaningful aspects of sign language discourse, this book is essential reading for researchers and students of sign linguistics and gesture studies.

By: Scott K. Liddell (Gallaudet University Washington DC)
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Weight: 557g
ISBN: 9781009646710
ISBN 10: 1009646710
Pages: 274
Publication Date: 09 April 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Scott K. Liddell is Professor Emeritus at the Department of Linguistics, Gallaudet University. His analyses have helped shape the understanding of sign language phonology, morphology, and syntax.