A Grammar of Italian Sign Language (LIS)

3.5.4.2. Manual signs marking subordination in manner clauses

Manner clauses are marked by the subordinating wh-morpheme how obligatorily produced at the end of the manner clause when they have the structure of a free relative clause (a). They are introduced by a subordinating manual sign, such as identical (b), pe (c) or as_if (d), when they are adverbial dependent clauses.

 

 

 

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         a.            ix2 2explain1 how rice ix1 cook done

         โ€˜I cooked the rice the way you explained to me.โ€™

 

 

 

         b.            ix2 house build identical time past

         โ€˜You built the house as they used to do in the past.โ€™

 

 

 

         c.            carlaa ixa sew ixa pe past mother teach3a

         โ€˜Carla sews as her mother taught her to.โ€™

 

 

 

         d.            ix3 behave as_if house poss(G)3

         โ€˜He behaves as if the house was his own.โ€™

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Chiara Branchini & Lara Mantovan

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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)