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Dr. Bill Vicars Lifeprint.com. ASL Linguistics: The Function of Space. If there is no identifiable reason (other than, “That is how Deaf people do it”) that we sign FOR at “head level” FEEL on the chest, or NOW at waist level we can say that the “location or space” is what?. - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Dr. Bill Vicars
Lifeprint.com
ASL Linguistics:
The Function of Space
If there is no identifiable reason (other than, “That is how Deaf people do it”) that we sign FOR at “head level” FEEL on the chest, or NOW at waist level we can say that the “location
or space” is what?
Phonological /
Articulatory
If space is just a non-meaningful
part of building a sign it is
considered what?
Phonological /
Articulatory
If you change space and it builds a new sign (a new meaning) then use of space is what?
Morphological
New topic…
If you use space to construct
sentences (ex: establish subject
and object) it is…
Syntactical (and also still
morphological)
Consider: SUMMER
UGLYDRY
In those signs, space or
location simply provide what?
Phonological Contrast
Which means that space is what makes
those signs look different.
If we use space to indicate a person by pointing to where he
is or was we are using space for…
Referential Functions
If we use space to indicate where
something is in a 3D framework we can say its function is…
Locative
The face that CL:3 “CAR” has a front
and back or that we sign things from our point of view is using space to indicate…
a “Frame of Reference”
Relative vs Absolute (p147 5th Ed)
We can also use space for “role
shifting” “eye gaze” or body/head
position changes to indicate…
Narrative Perspective.
What is “Phonological
Contrast” good for?
Phonological Contrast makes
signs look different. (But the specific contrast itself is meaningless.)
Name 4 types of Phonological
Contrast:
handshapelocation
orientationmovement
[We call these things what?]
In general we call them parameters of signs. Or parts
of signs.
If a particular handshape, location,
orientation, or movement has no
independent meaning we could call it what?
You could “still” call it a parameter or part of
a sign. More specifically though it can be considered a
phoneme.
If a particular handshape, location,
orientation, or movement HAS
independent meaning we could call it what?
You could “still” call it a parameter or part of
a sign. More specifically though it can be considered a
morpheme.
Generally in any two different signs
at least one parameter must be
different.
What if two people sign something
and no parameters are different?
They are doing the same sign.
We know that handshape, location,
orientation, and movement provide 4 types of Phonological Contrast. What can
provide morphological contrast?
Actually, handshape, location, orientation, and movement can provide EITHER (meaningless)
phonological contrast OR (meaningful)
morphological contrast!
If the contrast is meaningless we CALL it
phonological. If the contrast carries meaning we CALL it morphological
contrast.
Puzzle for you: Two people each did a sign.
The sign done by each person had the exact same
parameters (including facial expression) as the sign done by
the other person – yet each person’s sign meant something different. How is this possible?
Give me an example.
Dr. Bill Vicars
Lifeprint.com