Constructed Action, the Clause and the Nature of Syntax in Finnish Sign Language
Constructed Action, the Clause and the Nature of Syntax in Finnish Sign Language
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芬兰手语中的构作、从句和句法性质
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10.1515/opli-2017-0004
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发表时间：
2017
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0.8
通讯作者：
Tommi Jantunen
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作者：
Tommi Jantunen
摘要本文研究了芬兰手语中构作动作和小句的相互作用。构作动作是一种手势行为，指的是手势者在话语中用手、脸和身体的其他部位来表现所指对象的动作、思想或感情。通过语料库数据计算的频率，本文首先发现芬兰语手语使用者在叙述故事时，在使用构作动作方面存在差异。在此基础上，文章认为，小句的原型结构、连接类型和非手动活动也存在差异，这取决于是否存在构作动作。最后，本文从手势性是语言的一个组成部分的观点出发，讨论了手语句法的本质，并提出了一个概念化的观点，即句法被看作是一组规范，分布在一个连续体上，介于范畴-常规端和梯度-非常规端之间。
Abstract This paper investigates the interplay of constructed action and the clause in Finnish Sign Language (FinSL). Constructed action is a form of gestural enactment in which the signers use their hands, face and other parts of the body to represent the actions, thoughts or feelings of someone they are referring to in the discourse. With the help of frequencies calculated from corpus data, this article shows firstly that when FinSL signers are narrating a story, there are differences in how they use constructed action. Then the paper argues that there are differences also in the prototypical structure, linkage type and non-manual activity of clauses, depending on the presence or non-presence of constructed action. Finally, taking the view that gesturality is an integral part of language, the paper discusses the nature of syntax in sign languages and proposes a conceptualization in which syntax is seen as a set of norms distributed on a continuum between a categorial-conventional end and a gradient-unconventional end.