![Most downloaded articles in journal Lingua](/Images/College-ArtsLaw-only/elal/news/2015/most-downloaded-articles.x35030339.jpg?q=80&f=webp&w=1440)
Dr Adam Schembri, who will be joining the Department as a Lecturer in January, and who is a specialist in sign language and gesture, is the co-author of this extremely popular paper.
Highlights of the article are:
- The article questions whether sign languages have pronouns or use pointing.
- Pronominal pointing signs share properties with both pronouns and pointing gestures.
- Sign languages are important for understanding linguistic diversity and universals.