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Typology and channel of communication

Where do signed languages fit in
  • Dan I. Slobin
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Language Typology and Historical Contingency
Ein Kapitel aus dem Buch Language Typology and Historical Contingency

Abstract

Many sign languages have been described linguistically; however, such descriptions draw on grammatical traditions developed for the surrounding spoken languages. Although these languages are spoken all over the world, they all happen to be dependent marking, in terms of the typology developed by Johanna Nichols. It is argued here that sign languages are, by their nature, head marking, requiring a different type of grammatical analysis. This proposal is discussed with regard to (1) grammatical relations – agreement, case marking, and alignment; (2) framing – verb framed and satellite framed; (3) subject and topic prominence; and (4) reference tracking. Basic grammatical characteristics of sign languages stem from the manual/visual modality, which allows for the establishment of loci in space, movement, and simultaneous expression of meaning components on hands, body, and face.

Abstract

Many sign languages have been described linguistically; however, such descriptions draw on grammatical traditions developed for the surrounding spoken languages. Although these languages are spoken all over the world, they all happen to be dependent marking, in terms of the typology developed by Johanna Nichols. It is argued here that sign languages are, by their nature, head marking, requiring a different type of grammatical analysis. This proposal is discussed with regard to (1) grammatical relations – agreement, case marking, and alignment; (2) framing – verb framed and satellite framed; (3) subject and topic prominence; and (4) reference tracking. Basic grammatical characteristics of sign languages stem from the manual/visual modality, which allows for the establishment of loci in space, movement, and simultaneous expression of meaning components on hands, body, and face.

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Part I. Structures and typologies
  5. Discourse semantics and the form of the verb predicate in Karachay-Balkar 3
  6. Typology and channel of communication 47
  7. Marking versus indexing 69
  8. Head-marking languages and linguistic theory 91
  9. Lessons of variability in clause coordination 125
  10. Noun classes grow on trees 153
  11. Affecting valence in Khumi 171
  12. Capturing diversity in language acquisition research 195
  13. Part II. Distributions in time and space
  14. Who inherits what, when? 219
  15. Polysynthesis in the Arctic/Sub-Arctic 241
  16. A (micro-)accretion zone in a remnant zone? 265
  17. A history of Iroquoian gender marking 283
  18. The satem shift, Armenian siseṙn, and the early Indo-European of the Balkans 299
  19. Penultimate lengthening in Bantu 309
  20. Culture and the spread of Slavic 331
  21. The syntax and pragmatics of Tungusic revisited 357
  22. Some observations on typological features of hunter-gatherer languages 383
  23. Typologizing phonetic precursors to sound change 395
  24. Distributional biases in language families 415
  25. The morphology of imperatives in Lak 445
  26. Subgrouping in Tibeto-Burman 463
  27. Part III. A (cautionary) note on methodology
  28. Real data, contrived data, and the Yokuts Canon 477
  29. Language index 495
  30. Name index 499
  31. Subject index 505
https://doi.org/10.1075/tsl.104.02slo

Kapitel in diesem Buch

  1. Prelim pages i
  2. Table of contents v
  3. Preface vii
  4. Part I. Structures and typologies
  5. Discourse semantics and the form of the verb predicate in Karachay-Balkar 3
  6. Typology and channel of communication 47
  7. Marking versus indexing 69
  8. Head-marking languages and linguistic theory 91
  9. Lessons of variability in clause coordination 125
  10. Noun classes grow on trees 153
  11. Affecting valence in Khumi 171
  12. Capturing diversity in language acquisition research 195
  13. Part II. Distributions in time and space
  14. Who inherits what, when? 219
  15. Polysynthesis in the Arctic/Sub-Arctic 241
  16. A (micro-)accretion zone in a remnant zone? 265
  17. A history of Iroquoian gender marking 283
  18. The satem shift, Armenian siseṙn, and the early Indo-European of the Balkans 299
  19. Penultimate lengthening in Bantu 309
  20. Culture and the spread of Slavic 331
  21. The syntax and pragmatics of Tungusic revisited 357
  22. Some observations on typological features of hunter-gatherer languages 383
  23. Typologizing phonetic precursors to sound change 395
  24. Distributional biases in language families 415
  25. The morphology of imperatives in Lak 445
  26. Subgrouping in Tibeto-Burman 463
  27. Part III. A (cautionary) note on methodology
  28. Real data, contrived data, and the Yokuts Canon 477
  29. Language index 495
  30. Name index 499
  31. Subject index 505
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