A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC)

3.1.2.2. Multiple

Multiple or collective plural is used when the object of a sentence is treated as a single group. This kind of plural is realized by an arc movement:

date christmas ix₁ all family book++ _[contra]give-present_[_ipsi].

‘For Christmas, I will give books to my whole family.’

(based on Quer et al., 2005)

In the example above the verb moves from the location of the signer in a straight line towards a location on the contralateral side of the signing space and then it moves in a continuous arc movement towards a location on the ipsilateral side of the signing space.

List of editors

Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà

Bibliographical reference for citation

The entire grammar:
Quer, Josep and Gemma Barberà (eds.). 2020. A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Chapter:
Surname, Name. 2020. Syntax: 3. Coordination and Subordination. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

A Section:
Surname, Name. 2020. Phonology: 1.1.1.2. Finger configuration. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)

Surname, Name. 2020. Syntax: 3.1.2.1.3. Manual markers in disjunctive coordination. In Josep Quer and Gemma Barberà (eds.), A Grammar of Catalan Sign Language (LSC). 1st ed. (SIGN-HUB Sign Language Grammar Series). (www.thesignhub.eu/grammar/lsc) (Accessed 31-10-2021)