Frontmatter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- List of tables -- List of figures -- Notational conventions -- Sign language acronyms -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I: Theoretical background -- 1 Investigating evaluative morphology from different perspectives -- 2 Morphophonological aspects of sign languages -- Part II: Methodological issues -- 3 Methodology -- Part III: Evaluative constructions in Italian Sign Language -- 4 Descriptive analysis of LIS evaluative constructions -- 5 Formal analysis of LIS evaluative constructions -- Conclusions -- Appendix A1: Object description task -- Appendix A2: Narration task -- Appendix A3: Object description task for SASSes elicitation -- References -- Index