Phonetic implementation of phonological categories in Sign Language of the Netherlands

Crasborn, Onno

doi:10.1075/sll.5.1.09cra

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“…There has been a range of research on phonological and phonetic aspects of sign language (Crasborn, 2001;Sandler, 1989;Sandler & Lillo-Martin, 2006;Schembri, et al, 2009;Tyrone & Mauk, 2010), starting with Stokoe (2005Stokoe ( ) in 1960 proposing that signs in sign languages consist of three main parameters (handshape, location and movement). However, hardly any studies have looked at sign language from the perspective of efficient language use.…”

Section: Reduction In Visual Repeated References: Gesture and Sign Lamentioning

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Do repeated references result in sign reduction?

Hoetjes¹,

Krahmer²,

Swerts³

2014

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Previous research has shown that repeated references are often reduced compared to initial references. The present study looks at the production of repeated references by signers of Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). Participants had to describe figures to an addressee, who had to pick the correct figure from a large group of figures. Several figures had to be described several times. The question was whether there would be reduction in the signed repeated references, as has been found previously for speech and gesture. We found systematic effects of repetition, in that repeated references are shorter, contain fewer signs, and shorter signs than initial references. Moreover, a perception experiment showed that signs produced during repeated references were also considered to be less precise than the signs produced during initial references.

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Section: Reduction In Visual Repeated References: Gesture and Sign Lamentioning

confidence: 99%

Do repeated references result in sign reduction?

Hoetjes¹,

Krahmer²,

Swerts³

2014

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“…As mentioned above, it has proven difficult to find statistical information on urban sign languages for comparison. In the case of the Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT) it is estimated that hearing signers constitute approximately one third of the total number of sign language users (Commissie Nederlandse Gebarentaal, 1997 cited by Crasborn 2001). Although this number may vary from one urban signing community to the next, it is inevitable that the number will be considerably lower than the 96% of hearing signers reported in the case of Kata Kolok.…”

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Sign-spatiality in Kata Kolok

Vos

2013

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“…'splash'. But additionally in signs like FIRE the two movement components are packed together so that they show partial or total overlap (Brentari, 1998;Crasborn, 2001). …”

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The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

Mann

Marshall

Mason

et al. 2010

Language Learning and Development

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractResearch into the effect of phonetic complexity on phonological acquisition has a long history in spoken languages. This paper considers the effect of phonetics on phonological development in a signed language. We report on an experiment in which non-word-repetition methodology was adapted so as to examine in a systematic way how phonetic complexity in two phonological parameters of signed languages -handshape and movement -affects the perception and articulation of signs. 91 Deaf children aged 3-11 years acquiring British Sign Language (BSL), and 46 hearing non-signers aged 6-11, were tested. For Deaf children, repetition accuracy improved with age, correlated with wider BSL abilities, and was lowest for signs that were phonetically complex. Repetition accuracy was correlated with fine motor skills for the youngest children. Despite their lower repetition accuracy, the hearing group were similarly affected by phonetic complexity, suggesting that common visual and motoric factors are at play when processing linguistic information in the visuo-gestural modality.Nonsense sign repetition 3

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Phonetic implementation of phonological categories in Sign Language of the Netherlands

Cited by 55 publications

References 92 publications

Do repeated references result in sign reduction?

Do repeated references result in sign reduction?

Sign-spatiality in Kata Kolok

The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

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