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Spatial Grammar

Spatial Grammar is a linguistic framework within sign language studies that encodes grammatical relationships through the systematic use of three-dimensional space, where specific locations and movements of the hands relative to the signer’s body convey syntactic and semantic roles distinct from those in spoken language grammars.

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2017–2026

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118

Space Syntax

Sonit Bafna · Environment and Behavior · 2003 · 600 citations

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Grammars of Space: Explorations in Cognitive Diversity

Luna Filipović · Journal of Pragmatics · 2008 · 429 citations

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Space Grammar, Analysability, and the English Passive

Ronald W. Langacker · Language · 1982 · 363 citations

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Space syntax

B Hillier, A Leaman, P Stansall et al. · Environment and Planning B Planning and Design · 1976 · 320 citations

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Spatial language and spatial representation: a cross-linguistic comparison

Edward Munnich, Barbara Landau, Barbara Anne Dosher · Cognition · 2001 · 289 citations

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Authors

238

  1. HP
    Howard Poizner

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    5 publications · 136 citations

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  2. UB
    Ursula Bellugi

    Salk Institute for Biological Studies, United States

    5 publications · 226 citations

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  3. KS
    Kristina Shea

    ETH Zurich, Switzerland

    4 publications · 158 citations

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  4. AS
    Ann Senghas

    Barnard College, United States

    3 publications · 198 citations

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  5. BL
    Barbara Landau

    Johns Hopkins University, United States

    3 publications · 369 citations

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Institutions

118

  1. Salk Institute for Biological Studies

    La Jolla, United States

    7 h-index

    17 publications

    918 citations

  2. University College London

    London, United Kingdom

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    1.9K citations

  3. Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    397 citations

  4. Laboratoire Cognition, Langues, Langage, Ergonomie

    Toulouse, France

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    123 citations

  5. ETH Zurich

    Zurich, Switzerland

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    171 citations

  6. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    110 citations

  7. Radboud University Nijmegen

    Nijmegen, The Netherlands

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    215 citations

  8. Macquarie University

    Sydney, Australia

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    290 citations

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Venues

  1. Sign Language & Linguistics

    6 publications · 271 citations

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  2. Cognitive Linguistics

    5 publications · 238 citations

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  3. Sign language studies

    SLS · 5 publications · 345 citations

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  4. Environment and Planning B Planning and Design

    4 publications · 451 citations

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