NDLI: The Challenge of Sign Language Phonology

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The Challenge of Sign Language Phonology

Content Provider	Annual Reviews
Author	Sandler, Wendy
Description	Author Affiliation: •Sign Language Research Laboratory, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel (Wendy S, ler)
Abstract	Comparing phonology in spoken language and sign language reveals that core properties, such as features, feature categories, the syllable, and constraints on form, exist in both naturally occurring language modalities. But apparent ubiquity can be deceptive. The features themselves are quintessentially different, and key properties, such as linearity and arbitrariness, although universal, occur in inverse proportions to their counterparts, simultaneity and iconicity, in the two modalities. Phonology does not appear full blown in a new sign language, but it does gradually emerge, accruing linguistic structure over time. Sign languages suggest that the phonological component of the language faculty is a product of the ways in which the physical system, cognitive structure, and language use among people interact over time.
Starting Page	43
Ending Page	63
Page Count	21
File Format	PDF
ISSN	23339683
e-ISSN	23339691
DOI	10.1146/annurev-linguistics-011516-034122
Volume Number	3
Issue Number	1
Language	English
Publisher Date	2016-09-21
Access Restriction	Open
Subject Keyword	Sign language Phonology Simultaneity Iconicity Duality of patterning Language emergence
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Linguistics and Language

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