FEELING PHONOLOGY: THE CONVENTIONALIZATION OF PHONOLOGY IN PROTACTILE COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
FEELING PHONOLOGY: THE CONVENTIONALIZATION OF PHONOLOGY IN PROTACTILE COMMUNITIES IN THE UNITED STATES
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DOI:
10.1353/lan.2020.0063
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发表时间:
2020-12-01
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2.1
通讯作者:
Brentari, Diane
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作者:
Edwards, Terra;Brentari, Diane
A new phonological system is becoming conventional across a group of DeafBlind signers in the United States who communicate via reciprocal, tactile channels-a practice known as 'Protactile'. The recent conventionalization of protactile phonology is analyzed in this article. Research on emergent visual signed languages has demonstrated that conventionalization is not a single monolithic process, but a complex of principles involving patterns of distribution-discreteness, stability, and productivity of form-as form becomes linked with meaning in increasingly stable ways. Conventionalization of protactile phonology involves assigning specific grammatical roles to the four hands (and arms) of signer 1 ('conveyer') and signer 2 ('receiver') in 'proprioceptive constructions' (PCs)-comparable to 'classifier constructions' in visual signed languages. Analyzing PCs offers new insights into how the conventionalization of a phonological system can play out in the tactile modality.*