Handshape complexity as a precursor to phonology: Variation, emergence, and acquisition
Handshape complexity as a precursor to phonology: Variation, emergence, and acquisition
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DOI：
10.1080/10489223.2016.1187614
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发表时间：
2017-01-01
影响因子：
1.2
通讯作者：
Senghas, Ann
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作者：
Brentari, Diane;Coppola, Marie;Senghas, Ann
本文分析了手形复杂性的两个维度，作为语音对比复杂性和指群复杂性的潜在构件。我们要问的是，手语模式是通过听不说话的人(哑剧)产生的手势所产生的手势的详细描述，还是对它们的更激进的重组。分析成人和儿童的数据，以解决跨语言变异、涌现和习得的问题。研究1解决了来自美国、意大利、中国和尼加拉瓜的成年手势者和手势者的这些问题。研究2在来自美国、意大利和尼加拉瓜的儿童和成人群体(签名者和手势者)中解决这些问题。我们认为，手形经历了相当彻底的重组，包括象似性的丧失和重组以及特征的重新分布，因为音系化在这两个维度上都发生了。此外，虽然这里研究的模式并不是模式二元性的证据，但我们得出的结论是，它们确实是音系的，并且比使用相同类型手形的相关形态句法模式出现得更早。
In this article two dimensions of handshape complexity are analyzed as potential building blocks of phonological contrastjoint 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 reorganization 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.