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Abstract
This paper contains the first description of impersonal reference in Russian Sign Language (RSL). Impersonal
reference has been investigated using a variety of elicitation techniques. It has been found that RSL uses a variety of
strategies, namely pro-drop, an indefinite pronoun someone, a plural pronoun ix
pl, and probably a
second-person pronoun ix
2 in impersonal contexts. The impersonal strategies in RSL follow the general
typological tendencies previously identified for spoken languages (Gast & Van der Auwera
2013), and do not show obvious modality effects (such as described by Barberà &
Quer 2013). Some impersonal strategies show evidence of influence of spoken/written Russian in the form of borrowing
and/or code-switching.
期刊介绍：
Sign Language & Linguistics is a peer-reviewed, international journal which aims to increase our understanding of language by providing an academic forum for researchers to discuss sign languages in the larger context of natural language, crosslinguistically and crossmodally. SLL presents studies that apply existing theoretical insights to sign language in order to further our understanding of SL; it investigates and expands our knowledge of grammar based on the study of SL and it specifically addresses the effect of modality (signed vs. spoken) on the structure of grammar.
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