(Comparing action gestures and classifier verbs of motion: Evidence from Australian sign language, Taiwan sign language, and nonsigners' gestures without speech
(Comparing action gestures and classifier verbs of motion: Evidence from Australian sign language, Taiwan sign language, and nonsigners' gestures without speech
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10.1093/deafed/eni029
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发表时间：
2005-06-01
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2
通讯作者：
Burnham, D
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作者：
Schembri, A;Jones, C;Burnham, D
最近对手语的研究表明，手语可能与手势有一些共同的属性，特别是在分类器结构中空间的使用方面。该提案的预测是，不懂手语的手势者和不相关手语的母语手语者在表示运动事件方面将存在相似之处。此预测针对澳大利亚手语 (Auslan) 聋哑手语者、台湾手语 (TSL) 聋哑手语者和听力正常的非手语者使用美国手语 (ASL) 形态和句法测试组中的运动动词产生任务进行了测试。结果表明，对于手形单元，非手语者、Auslan 手语者和 TSL 手语者的反应与预期 ASL 反应之间的差异最大；运动和位置单位似乎非常相似。虽然不是明确的，但这些数据与分类器结构是语言和手势元素混合的说法是一致的。
Recent research into signed languages indicates that signs may share some properties with gesture, especially in the use of space in classifier constructions. A prediction of this proposal is that there will be similarities in the representation of motion events by sign-naive gesturers and by native signers of unrelated signed languages. This prediction is tested for deaf native signers of Australian Sign Language (Auslan), deaf signers of Taiwan Sign Language (TSL), and hearing nonsigners using the Verbs of Motion Production task from the Test Battery for American Sign Language (ASL) Morphology and Syntax. Results indicate that differences between the responses of nonsigners, Auslan signers, and TSL signers and the expected ASL responses are greatest with handshape units; movement and location units appear to be very similar. Although not definitive, these data are consistent with the claim that classifier constructions are blends of linguistic and gestural elements.