Pragmatic competence without a language model: Other-Initiated Repair in Balinese homesign

Safar, Josefina; Vos, Connie De

doi:10.1016/j.pragma.2022.10.017

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“…In recent years, the body of work on other-initiated repair in different signed languages has been growing. The literature includes studies on Argentine Sign Language (LSA; Manrique 2016), Norwegian Sign Language (NTS; Skedsmo 2020a), Providence Island Sign Language (PISL; Omardeen 2021), cross-signing (situations in which two deaf people who do not share a language meet; Byun et al 2017) and Balinese homesign (Safar and de Vos 2022). In these languages, signers have been documented to use several means of open repair initiation, including question signs, mouthing of question words, and various nonmanual behaviors.…”

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“…For example, crosslinguistic research has shown that similar interactional environments can yield structurally similar words across unrelated languages (Dingemanse, Torreira, and Enfield 2013). In research on signed languages, too, there is growing interest in interactional phenomena such as backchanneling (e.g., Fenlon, Schembri, and Sutton-Spence 2013;Mesch 2016) and repair initiation (e.g., Byun et al 2017;Manrique 2016;Skedsmo 2020a;Safar and de Vos 2022;Omardeen 2021).…”

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Interactional infrastructure across modalities: A comparison of repair initiators and continuers in British Sign Language and British English

Lutzenberger,

de Wael,

Omardeen

et al. 2023

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Minimal expressions are at the heart of interaction: interjections like huh? and mhm keep conversations flowing by establishing and reinforcing intersubjectivity among interlocutors. Crosslinguistic research has identified that similar interactional pressures shape structurally similar words, e.g., to initiate repair across languages. While crosslinguistic comparisons that include signed languages remain uncommon, recent work has revealed similarities in discourse management strategies among signers and speakers from the same culture. This study contributes a cross-modal comparison of repair initiators and continuers in speakers of English and signers of British Sign Language (BSL). We combine qualitative and quantitative analyses of data from 16 English speakers and 16 BSL signers. There are two main results: (i) the interactional infrastructure drawn upon by speakers and signers overwhelmingly relies on behaviors of the head, face and body; these are used alone or sometimes in combination with verbal elements (i.e., spoken words or manual signs), while verbal strategies alone are rare. (ii) Discourse management strategies are remarkably similar in form across the two languages: a held eye gaze or ‘freeze look’ is the predominant repair initiator and head nodding the main continuer. These results suggest a modality-agnostic preference for visual strategies, one that we propose is founded in recipiency; people maintain the flow of communication following principles of minimal effort and minimal interruption.

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Interactional infrastructure across modalities: A comparison of repair initiators and continuers in British Sign Language and British English

Lutzenberger,

de Wael,

Omardeen

et al. 2023

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“…Highland diphthongal phones appear in highland areas such as Pupuan and Baturiti Districts, while lowland diphthongal phones appear in lower lands, such as Kediri and Selemadeg Timur Districts. The short duration of sound by highland people causes stress and tends to fall on the initial syllable of the word (Safar & de Vos, 2022;Wilson et al, 2014;Callan et al, 2004). Thus, it makes sense that the diphthongal phones in the highlands is formed at the beginning of the word and is not followed by other lower sounds.…”

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Diphthongal phones found in the Balinese language in Tabanan Regency

Putri,

Suparwa,

Putra

2023

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The study aimed to investigate the diphthongal phones in the Balinese Language, particularly in Tabanan Regency. Phonological rules related to changes of vowel phones into diphthongal phones were uncovered and have explained factors that induce the changes. Data of this research were in the form of utterances produced by female informants in 10 sub-districts in Tabanan Regency. The data were collected through two kinds of methods, which were the interview method and the observation method. In analyzing the data, the researcher used an extra lingual matching method to analyze factors that induce the changes from vowel phones into diphthongal phones. Based on the result, these changes were induced by both linguistic and nonlinguistic factors. The linguistic factors were acoustic factors, namely frequency and duration, and phonological factors, namely diphthongization and vowel shift. Meanwhile, the nonlinguistic factor was the geographical elevation in which the participants lived.

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“…Lastly, in conversational settings, deaf homesigners will monitor their interlocutor's understanding of what is being expressed by responding to situations in which positive feedback by way of nodding is discontinued, or in which non-understanding is signaled through a puzzled facial expression by their interlocutor. Subsequent utterances are tailored to deal with the source of communicative trouble, supplementing their initial expression with additional forms to make themselves understood (Safar & de Vos, forthcoming). All in all, our observations of homesigners in their everyday social interactions indicate an ability to capitalize on semiotic resources to help build rapport with their interlocutors and re-establish mutual understanding when needed.…”

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