A Linguistic Study of American Sign Language

美国手语的语言学研究

• 批准号: 09610527
• 负责人: FUKUYASU Katsunori
• 金额: $ 0.77万
• 依托单位: Tottori University
• 依托单位国家: 日本
• 项目类别: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 日本
• 起止时间: 1997 至 1998
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://kaken.nii.ac.jp/grant/KAKENHI-PROJECT-09610527/
• 关键词: American Sign Language; Sign Language; Iconicity; アイゴン性; ASL

This is a study of basic words of American Sign Language (ASL) and an attempt to find an effective way for the Japanese beginners of ASL to locate the unknown words and identify them.About 1500 ASL words were analyzed according to the following factors : hand configuration (hand shapes, hand orientation, palm orientation, hand internal movement), the place or space where signing is conducted, and the direction or manner of hand movement.Eight hundred and eight basic words were selected from the data as the vocabulary of a dictionary or word list which beginners who have no knowledge of ASL could consult. The words were listed on Microsoft Excel and are filtered with the factors that constitute the signs.It was clearly shown that a learner (in the direct methods) who did not know the meaning a sign but remembered any of the above-mentioned factors was able to locate the right ASL word or other candidates. Some factors were more prominent than others in remembering the signs. Visual illustrations are suggested to be useful to make the consulting easier.This study is not, and is not intended to be, a formal description of an ASL vocabulary. However this trial product seems to give support to the idea that ASL words can be looked up from their constituents which learners at the beginner level can remember.

本文以美国手语的基本词汇为研究对象，试图为初学美国手语的日本人寻找一种有效的定位和识别未识词的方法。手配置（手形、手方向、手掌方向、手内部运动）、进行签名的地点或空间，从这些数据中选出808个基本词汇作为词典或词汇表的词汇，供不懂美国手语的初学者参考。这些单词被列在Microsoft Excel中，并与构成符号的因素一起过滤。结果清楚地表明，学习者（在直接方法中）不知道符号的含义，但记住了上述任何因素，能够找到正确的ASL单词或其他候选词。有些因素比其他因素在记住这些标志方面更为突出。视觉插图建议是有用的，使咨询更容易。这项研究不是，也不打算是一个正式的描述一个美国手语词汇。然而，这个试用产品似乎支持这样的想法，即美国手语单词可以从初学者可以记住的成分中查找。