A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

3.5.1.6. Other conditional constructions

LIS has a construction called Imperative and Declarative (IaD) (SYNTAX 1.3.9) expressing the possibility of an event, which differs in form, but not in meaning, from a conditional clause. The Declarative and Imperative is so called as it is a bi-clausal construction composed of an imperative clause (SYNTAX 1.3) followed by a declarative clause (SYNTAX 1.1). It is marked by the following non-manual markers obligatorily spreading over the imperative clause: squint eyes (sq), raised eyebrows (re), and chin down (cd).

behave bad palm_up cinema go not

‘Behave bad and you will not go to the cinema.’

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Chiara Branchini & Lara Mantovan

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Branchini, Chiara and Lara Mantovan (eds.), A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. ((http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Smith, Mary. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Smith, Mary. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Mary, Smith, Ben Smith and Carlo Smith (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st edn. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series), 230-237. (http://sign-hub.eu/grammars/...) (Accessed 31-10-2021)