Pronouns and pointing in sign languages
Pronouns and pointing in sign languages
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DOI：
10.1016/j.lingua.2013.09.010
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发表时间：
2013-12-01
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影响因子：
1.1
通讯作者：
Woll, Bencie
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作者：
Cormier, Kearsy;Schembri, Adam;Woll, Bencie
在手语中，指向符号用于代词参考（以及许多其他功能）。许多指向手势看起来与非手势者的指向手势没有太大区别（Kendon，2004; Kita，2003 c）。然而，大多数手语研究者，不管他们的理论观点如何，都认为有证据表明这些指向符号是代词（即，与非签名者使用的指向手势不同）。在本文中，我们将手语中代词指示符号的规范属性与（a）口语中的人称代词和（B）非签名者使用的指示手势进行比较。我们首先发现，使代词符号在形态句法上难以识别的特征是它们与指向手势而不是代词共有的特征。第二，我们发现，代词符号难以识别的特征是它们与代词共有的特征，而不是指向手势的特征。因此，我们的结论是，代词符号不能被定性为专门的人称代词，或作为指向手势，而是两者的特点。我们讨论了这一结论对语言理论的影响，也为我们理解语言的多样性和语言的共性。(C)2013爱思唯尔有限公司版权所有。
Pointing signs are used for pronominal reference (among many other functions) in sign languages. Many pointing signs do not look very different from non-signers' pointing gestures (Kendon, 2004; Kita, 2003c). However, most sign language researchers, regardless of their theoretical perspective, assume that there is evidence for considering these pointing signs to be pronouns (i.e., distinct from pointing gestures used by non-signers). In this paper, we compare canonical properties of pronominal pointing signs in sign languages with (a) personal pronouns in spoken languages and (b) pointing gestures used by non-signers. We find firstly that the features that make pronominal signs difficult to characterise morphosyntactically are those features they share with pointing gestures and not with pronouns. Secondly, we find that the features that make pronominal signs difficult to characterise gesturally are those features they share with pronouns and not with pointing gestures. Therefore, we conclude that pronominal signs cannot be characterised exclusively either as personal pronouns, or as pointing gestures, but instead have characteristics of both. We discuss implications of this conclusion for linguistic theory and also for our understanding of linguistic diversity and linguistic universals. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.