Overview of studies on modality in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras)

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https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2024.262624

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libras, modulators, deontic, epistemic

Abstract

The present work aims to provide an overview of studies on modalizers in libras, through the synthesis of the main results of five works identified in our bibliographic survey. The first, Brito (1990, 1995), investigated the aletic, epistemic and deontic modalities, while the second, Xavier and Wilcox (2014), analyzed modalizers of possibility and necessity. The third, Pereira Soares, Gomes e Couto (2020), investigated deontic modalizers. Finally, the fourth, Xavier and Martinez (2023), and the fifth, Simões (2024), focus on non-epistemic modalizers.

Author Biographies

Priscila Mara Simões, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Universidade Federal do Paraná. Tradutora-intérprete na UFPR, mestre e doutoranda em Letras na mesma universidade. E-mail: priscilasimoes@ufpr.br.

André Xavier, Universidade Federal do Paraná

Universidade Federal do Paraná. Professor do curso de Letras – Libras e do Programa de Pós-Graduação em Letras da UFPR. Mestre em Semiótica e Linguística Geral pela USP e Doutor em Linguística pela Unicamp. E-mail: andrexavierufpr@gmail.com.

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2024-12-16

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Simões, P. M., & Xavier, A. (2024). Overview of studies on modality in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras) . Revista Investigações, 37(2), 1–25. https://doi.org/10.51359/2175-294x.2024.262624

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Vol. 37 No. 2 (2024): Revista Investigações - Linguística

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Artigo - Linguística (seção livre)

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