A single segment representation with dynamic features (Oneseg) explains differences between the p... more A single segment representation with dynamic features (Oneseg) explains differences between the phonologies of spoken words and signs better than current multiple segments phonological representations of signs (Multiseg). A segment is defined as the largest phonological unit where combinations of features are contrastive, but permutations and repetitions aren't. distinguishes between static features (place, handshape) which don't reference motion, and dynamic features (direction, repetition) which do. Dynamic features are the only way that a single segment representation can sequence motion.
Signs are Single Segments: Phonological Representations and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other ... more Signs are Single Segments: Phonological Representations and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other Sign Languages by Rachel Channon. ... and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other Sign Languages. Rachel Channon. ...
Abstract: The use of function words in 135 essays written by deaf college underclassmen in develo... more Abstract: The use of function words in 135 essays written by deaf college underclassmen in developmental and credit-bearing English composition classes is described and compared with Standard English (SE) versions of the same essay. If student and SE versions were ...
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While most two-handed signs have the same handshape on both hands, some two-handed signs have dif... more While most two-handed signs have the same handshape on both hands, some two-handed signs have different handshapes. Battison's Symmetry Condition (1978) states that when both hands move independently, they will have the same handshape, place, orientation ...
ABSTRACT As is well known, negation in natural languages comes in many different forms. Crossling... more ABSTRACT As is well known, negation in natural languages comes in many different forms. Crosslinguistically, we observe differences concerning the morphological character of the Neg (negation) element as well as concerning its structural position within a sentence. For instance, while many languages make use of an independent Neg particle (e.g. English and German), in others, the Neg element is affixal in nature and attaches to the verb (e.g. Turkish and French). Moreover, a Neg particle may appear in sentence-initial position, preverbally, postverbally, or in sentence-final position (for comprehensive typological surveys of negation, see Dahl 1979; 1993; Payne 1985). In this chapter I am concerned with morphosyntactic and phonological properties of sentential negation in some spoken languages as well as in German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebärdensprache or DGS) and American Sign Language (ASL). Sentential negation in DGS (as well as in other sign languages) is particularly interesting because it involves a manual and a nonmanual element, namely the manual Neg sign NICHT ‘not’ and a headshake that is associated with the predicate. Despite this peculiarity, I show that on the morphosyntactic side of the Neg construction, we do not need to refer to any modality-specific structures and principles. Rather, the same structures and principles that allow for the derivation of negated sentences in spoken languages are also capable of accounting for the sign language data. On the phonological side, however, we do of course observe modality-specific differences; those are due to the different articulators used.
A single segment representation with dynamic features (Oneseg) explains differences between the p... more A single segment representation with dynamic features (Oneseg) explains differences between the phonologies of spoken words and signs better than current multiple segments phonological representations of signs (Multiseg). A segment is defined as the largest phonological unit where combinations of features are contrastive, but permutations and repetitions aren't. distinguishes between static features (place, handshape) which don't reference motion, and dynamic features (direction, repetition) which do. Dynamic features are the only way that a single segment representation can sequence motion.
Signs are Single Segments: Phonological Representations and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other ... more Signs are Single Segments: Phonological Representations and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other Sign Languages by Rachel Channon. ... and Temporal Sequencing in ASL and Other Sign Languages. Rachel Channon. ...
Abstract: The use of function words in 135 essays written by deaf college underclassmen in develo... more Abstract: The use of function words in 135 essays written by deaf college underclassmen in developmental and credit-bearing English composition classes is described and compared with Standard English (SE) versions of the same essay. If student and SE versions were ...
Proceedings from the Annual Meeting of the …, Jan 1, 2004
While most two-handed signs have the same handshape on both hands, some two-handed signs have dif... more While most two-handed signs have the same handshape on both hands, some two-handed signs have different handshapes. Battison's Symmetry Condition (1978) states that when both hands move independently, they will have the same handshape, place, orientation ...
ABSTRACT As is well known, negation in natural languages comes in many different forms. Crossling... more ABSTRACT As is well known, negation in natural languages comes in many different forms. Crosslinguistically, we observe differences concerning the morphological character of the Neg (negation) element as well as concerning its structural position within a sentence. For instance, while many languages make use of an independent Neg particle (e.g. English and German), in others, the Neg element is affixal in nature and attaches to the verb (e.g. Turkish and French). Moreover, a Neg particle may appear in sentence-initial position, preverbally, postverbally, or in sentence-final position (for comprehensive typological surveys of negation, see Dahl 1979; 1993; Payne 1985). In this chapter I am concerned with morphosyntactic and phonological properties of sentential negation in some spoken languages as well as in German Sign Language (Deutsche Gebärdensprache or DGS) and American Sign Language (ASL). Sentential negation in DGS (as well as in other sign languages) is particularly interesting because it involves a manual and a nonmanual element, namely the manual Neg sign NICHT ‘not’ and a headshake that is associated with the predicate. Despite this peculiarity, I show that on the morphosyntactic side of the Neg construction, we do not need to refer to any modality-specific structures and principles. Rather, the same structures and principles that allow for the derivation of negated sentences in spoken languages are also capable of accounting for the sign language data. On the phonological side, however, we do of course observe modality-specific differences; those are due to the different articulators used.
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