2.2.4. Phonological utterance
Phonological utterances are structured by various means and the interplay of manual and non-manual markers can signal bigger chunks of discourse such as embedded sentences, multi-clausal utterances, up to full stories. The structure of discourse units can optionally involve certain phenomena that even signal cohesion beyond the clausal level. In DGS, we find hand-dominance shift that mostly signal different referents in quotation role shift or the discussion of opposing issues in discourse. Furthermore, buoys articulated with one hand [Lexicon 1.2.3.] / [Pragmatics 2.2.3] may be held over several prosodic phrases during continuous signing of the other hand. These devices prosodically structure the signing beyond the level of phonological or intonational phrases.