Optimal reciprocals in German Sign Language
Optimal reciprocals in German Sign Language
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德国手语的最佳倒数
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2003
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M. Steinbach
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R. Pfau;M. Steinbach
与大多数口头语言不同，德国手语（DGS）没有单一的相互标记手段。相反，不同的策略被使用，这主要取决于潜在动词的语音（单手符号与双手符号）和形态句法（普通动词与协议动词）属性。此外，与普通动词DGS显示方言变异。在DGS中实现互标共有四种不同的方式。在本文中，我们比较了基于规则的互惠数据分析（基于Brentari的1998年功能层次结构）的最优理论分析。我们认为，一个OT帐户允许一个更简单的解释的事实。特别是，我们表明，不同的策略以及变化可以占四个，独立动机的约束的相互作用。
Unlike most spoken languages, German Sign Language (DGS) does not have a single means of reciprocal marking. Rather, different strategies are used, which crucially depend on phonological (one-handed sign vs. two-handed sign) and morphosyntactic (plain verb vs. agreement verb) properties of the underlying verb. Moreover, with plain verbs DGS shows dialectal variation. Altogether there are four different ways of realizing reciprocal marking in DGS. In this paper, we compare a rule-based analysis for the reciprocal data (based on Brentari’s 1998 feature hierarchy) to an optimality-theoretic analysis. We argue that an OT-account allows for a more straightforward explanation of the facts. In particular, we show that the different strategies as well as the variation can be accounted for by the interaction of four, independently motivated constraints.