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Hodge, Ferrara & Johns<strong>to</strong>n: DGfS 2011 3/3/11<br />

9<br />

What is a signed CLU?<br />

SpL (Van Val<strong>in</strong> 2005)<br />

o A Clause is a languagespecific<br />

grammatical<br />

construction conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a<br />

universal semantic<br />

structure<br />

o Semantically identified:<br />

1) Predicat<strong>in</strong>g elements<br />

2) Argument(s) of predicate<br />

3) Adjunct modifiers of P<br />

<strong>and</strong> A<br />

SL<br />

o A Clause-Like Unit is a<br />

possible languagespecific<br />

grammatical<br />

construction conta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g a<br />

universal semantic<br />

structure<br />

o Semantically identified:<br />

1) Predicat<strong>in</strong>g elements<br />

2) Argument(s) of predicate<br />

3) Adjunct modifiers of P<br />

<strong>and</strong> A<br />

10<br />

5

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