On Tue, 09 Dec 2003 16:06:47 +0000, tgpedersen <
tgpedersen@...>
wrote:
>> NSL *has* personal pronouns.
>
>Your reference doesn't mention it.
Others do. All sign languages that I know of have personal pronouns. Sign
languages are at an advantage here over spoken languages, because the
number of "persons" can be much larger than the spoken languages' usual 3
or 4 (the 4th person or "obviative" is a feature of e.g. Cree). Sign
languages can designate _any_ spot within the signing space to a person or
object being talked about, and afterwards point to it (pronominal
reference).
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Miguel Carrasquer Vidal
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