Handshape complexity as a precursor to phonology: Variation, Emergence, and Acquisition
| Autor: | Marie Coppola, Pyeong Whan Cho, Ann Senghas, Diane Brentari |
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| Rok vydání: | 2020 |
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060201 languages & linguistics
Linguistics and Language 05 social sciences Phonology 06 humanities and the arts Sign language Language acquisition Syntax 050105 experimental psychology Language and Linguistics Linguistics Article Education Variation (linguistics) 0602 languages and literature Handshape 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Psychology Iconicity Gesture |
| Zdroj: | Lang Acquis |
| ISSN: | 1048-9223 |
| Popis: | In this paper two dimensions of handshape complexity are analyzed as potential building blocks of phonological contrast—joint complexity and finger group complexity. We ask whether sign language patterns are elaborations of those seen in the gestures produced by hearing people without speech (pantomime) or a more radical re-organization of them. Data from adults and children are analyzed to address issues of cross-linguistic variation, emergence, and acquisition. Study 1 addresses these issues in adult signers and gesturers from the United States, Italy, China, and Nicaragua. Study 2 addresses these issues in child and adult groups (signers and gesturers) from the United States, Italy, and Nicaragua. We argue that handshape undergoes a fairly radical reorganization, including loss and reorganization of iconicity and feature redistribution, as phonologization takes place in both of these dimensions. Moreover, while the patterns investigated here are not evidence of duality of patterning, we conclude that they are indeed phonological, and that they appear earlier than related morphosyntactic patterns that use the same types of handshape. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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