When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers

Sebastien Vandenitte

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When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers

Sebastien Vandenitte

Laboratoire de Langue des Signes de Belgique francophone

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Constructed action is a referential strategy whereby signers and speakers use their bodies and/or voices to depict referents and their actions. Using a corpus-based study, this chapter compares constructed action in LSFB and Belgian French. It shows both that LSFB signers use constructed action to denote referents more frequently than Belgian French speakers do and that the two language communities use an overlapping set of articulators to enact referents. However, it also sheds light on differences in the use of these articulators, notably facial expression and the use of hand and arm movements, across LSFB and Belgian French. By documenting this referential strategy in a signed and a spoken language, this study informs the field of comparative semiotics.

Translated title of the contribution	Quand on entend et voit les référents: Une étude comparative de l'action construite dans le discours des signeurs de la LSFB (Langue des Signes de Belgique francophone) et des francophones de Belgique
Original language	English
Title of host publication	Studies in Language Companion Series
Subtitle of host publication	From conventions to pragmatics
Editors	Laure Gardelle, Laurence Vincent-Durroux, Hélène Vinckel-Roisin
Pages	127 - 149
Number of pages	23
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.228.07van
Publication status	Published - 2023

Publication series

Name	Studies in Language Companion Series
Volume	228
ISSN (Print)	0165-7763

Keywords

comparative semiotics
corpus linguistics
gesture
multimodal
signed language

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Vandenitte, S. (2023). When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers. In L. Gardelle, L. Vincent-Durroux, & H. Vinckel-Roisin (Eds.), Studies in Language Companion Series: From conventions to pragmatics (pp. 127 - 149). (Studies in Language Companion Series; Vol. 228). https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.228.07van

Vandenitte, Sebastien. / When referents are seen and heard : A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers. Studies in Language Companion Series: From conventions to pragmatics. editor / Laure Gardelle ; Laurence Vincent-Durroux ; Hélène Vinckel-Roisin. 2023. pp. 127 - 149 (Studies in Language Companion Series).

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Vandenitte, S 2023, When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers. in L Gardelle, L Vincent-Durroux & H Vinckel-Roisin (eds), Studies in Language Companion Series: From conventions to pragmatics. Studies in Language Companion Series, vol. 228, pp. 127 - 149. https://doi.org/10.1075/slcs.228.07van

When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers. / Vandenitte, Sebastien.
Studies in Language Companion Series: From conventions to pragmatics. ed. / Laure Gardelle; Laurence Vincent-Durroux; Hélène Vinckel-Roisin. 2023. p. 127 - 149 (Studies in Language Companion Series; Vol. 228).

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Vandenitte S. When referents are seen and heard: A comparative study of constructed action in the discourse of LSFB (French Belgian Sign Language) signers and Belgian French speakers. In Gardelle L, Vincent-Durroux L, Vinckel-Roisin H, editors, Studies in Language Companion Series: From conventions to pragmatics. 2023. p. 127 - 149. (Studies in Language Companion Series). doi: 10.1075/slcs.228.07van

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