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Constructed Action in an Unfamiliar Sign Language Register

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CA <strong>in</strong> Different <strong>Register</strong>s<br />

• Ma<strong>in</strong>ly perceived as <strong>an</strong> element of narrative discourse:<br />

High potential to enact events <strong>an</strong>d emotions<br />

• CA <strong>in</strong> <strong>an</strong> ASL lecture:<br />

Involve the audience, make it <strong>in</strong>terest<strong>in</strong>g (Roy 1989, W<strong>in</strong>ston 1992)<br />

• Independent of register<br />

CA <strong>in</strong> formal as well as non-formal registers (Qu<strong>in</strong>to-Pozos et al. 2006)<br />

CA <strong>in</strong> expl<strong>an</strong>ations of me<strong>an</strong><strong>in</strong>g (def<strong>in</strong>itions) (Fischer/Kollien 2010)

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