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perspective as well as maintain reference. The complexity of this framework is only hinted at in the preceding analysis of simultaneity and serial verb usage. This motivation has consequences for discourse strategies adopted by adult signers in narrative. Signers combine overt reference forms with shifted reference to report language, action, and thought. (This may be a motivation stemming from the nature of face-to-face communication rather than discourse based on a literate tradition.) This has been a preliminary attempt to capture the richness and complexity of this use of sign language. Further work should elaborate the use of representational spaces for describing other discourse contexts, as well suggesting possible existing underlying constraints. REFERENCES Ahlgren, L., and B. Bergman. 1992. Reference in narratives. In Fifth international symposium on sign language research, ed. I. Algren, B. Bergman, and M. Brennan. Salamanca, Spain: ISLA. Bahan, B. 1996. Non-manual realization ofagreement in American Sign Language . Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, Boston. Bahan, B., and L. Petitto. 1982. Aspects of rules for character establishment and reference in ASL. San Diego: Salk Institute University of San Diego. Duplicated. Bamberg, M. 1987. A functional approach to the acquisition of anaphoric relationships . Linguistics 24: 227-84. Berman, R., and Slobin, D. 1994. Different ways of relating events in narrative: A cross-linguistic developmental study. Hillsdale, N.J.: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bos, H. 1996. Serial verb constructions in Sign Language of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research. Montreal, Canada. Brennan, M. 1986. Productive morphology in British Sign Language: Focus on the role of metaphors. Edinburgh: Moray House College of Education. Chafe, W. 1987. Cognitive constraints on information flow. In Coherence and grounding in discourse, vol. I I of Typological studies in discourse, ed. W. Chafe. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Clark, H., and R. Gerrig. 1990. Quotations as demonstrations. Language 66:764. Emmorey, K. 1992. Processing topographic vs. arbitrary space in ASL. Poster presented at the Fourth International Conference on Sign Language Research . San Diego. ---. 1994. The confluence of language and space in sign language. In Language and space, ed. P. Bloom. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 54 GARY MORGAN perspective as well as maintain reference. The complexity of this framework is only hinted at in the preceding analysis of simultaneity and serial verb usage. This motivation has consequences for discourse strategies adopted by adult signers in narrative. Signers combine overt reference forms with shifted reference to report language, action, and thought. (This may be a motivation stemming from the nature of face-to-face communication rather than discourse based on a literate tradition.) This has been a preliminary attempt to capture the richness and complexity of this use of sign language. Further work should elaborate the use of representational spaces for describing other discourse contexts, as well suggesting possible existing underlying constraints. REFERENCES Ahlgren, L., and B. Bergman. 1992. Reference in narratives. In Fifth international symposium on sign language research, ed. I. Algren, B. Bergman, and M. Brennan. Salamanca, Spain: ISLA. Bahan, B. 1996. Non-manual realization ofagreement in American Sign Language . Ph.D. dissertation, Boston University, Boston. Bahan, B., and L. Petitto. 1982. Aspects of rules for character establishment and reference in ASL. San Diego: Salk Institute University of San Diego. Duplicated. Bamberg, M. 1987. A functional approach to the acquisition of anaphoric relationships . Linguistics 24: 227-84. Berman, R., and Slobin, D. 1994. Different ways of relating events in narrative: A cross-linguistic developmental study. Hillsdale, N.].: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Bos, H. 1996. Serial verb constructions in Sign Language of the Netherlands. Paper presented at the Fifth International Conference on Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research. Montreal, Canada. Brennan, M. 1986. Productive morphology in British Sign Language: Focus on the role of metaphors. Edinburgh: Moray House College of Education. Chafe, W. 1987. Cognitive constraints on information flow. In Coherence and grounding in discourse, vol. I I of Typological studies in discourse, ed. W. Chafe. Amsterdam: John Benjamins. Clark, H., and R. Gerrig. 1990. Quotations as demonstrations. Language 66:764. Emmorey, K. 1992. Processing topographic vs. arbitrary space in ASL. Poster presented at the Fourth International Conference on Sign Language Research . San Diego. ---. 1994. The confluence of language and space in sign language. In Language and space, ed. P. Bloom. Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press. 54 GARY MORGAN Emmorey, K., D. Corina, and U. Bellugi. 1995. Differential processing of topographic and referential functions of space. In Language, gesture, and space, ed. K. Emmorey and J. Reilly. Cambridge, Mass.: Lawrence...

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