Sign Order in Slovenian Sign Language Transitive and Ditransitive Sentences
Abstrakt
The basic sign order in Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ) is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). This is shown by analysing non-topicalised or focalised transitive and ditransitive sentences that were elicited from first language SZJ informants using Picture Description Task. The data further reveal that the visual-gestural modality, through which SZJ is transmitted, plays a role in linearization since visually influenced classifier predicates trigger the non-basic SOV sign order in this language.
Słowa kluczowe:
word/sign order,
Slovenian Sign Language,
Transitives,
Ditransitives,
Classifier constructions
