Sign Language Metaphors: Verbs of Cognition and Emotions in Russian Sign Language

This paper analyses strategies of metaphorical extensions in Russian Sign Language (RSL) signs of cognition and emotions (such as think, remember, consider, worry, hate, love). Sign language metaphors have been an important topic in recent years. Very few studies, however, have been done on the RSL data. The focus of this paper is on the signs that change their form when used metaphorically. To ensure the representativity of the sample, we employed a combined method of data collection using dictionaries, corpora and native signers as the source. The paper gives a detailed description of the observed mechanisms of the sign modifi cation and proposes a theoretical explanation for them.

Keywords

iconicity, metaphors, RSL, verbs of cognition and emotions

Acknowledgment

The publication was prepared within the framework of the Academic Fund Program at the National Research University Higher School of Economics (HSE) in 2018–2019 (grant No. 18-05-0053) and by the Russian Academic Excellence Project “5-100”.

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GOST	Kyuseva M., Kimmelman V. Sign Language Metaphors: Verbs of Cognition and Emotions in Russian Sign Language // Voprosy Jazykoznanija – 2019. – Issue 5 C. 120-134 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/vopjaz/s0373658x0006288-5-1-en (circulation date: 18.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0006288-5
MLA	Kyuseva, Maria, Kimmelman, Vadim "Sign Language Metaphors: Verbs of Cognition and Emotions in Russian Sign Language." Voprosy Jazykoznanija 5 (2019):120-134. DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0006288-5
APA	Kyuseva M., Kimmelman V. (2019). Sign Language Metaphors: Verbs of Cognition and Emotions in Russian Sign Language. Voprosy Jazykoznanija (5), pp.120-134 DOI: 10.31857/S0373658X0006288-5

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