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Lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in sign languages: Comparing depicting constructions and viewpoint gestures
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Language & communication, 2012-10, Vol.32 (4), p.329-348
Ort / Verlag
United States: Elsevier Ltd
Erscheinungsjahr
2012
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Beschreibungen/Notizen
► We compare depicting constructions (DCs) in sign languages (SLs) and gesture. ► We find similarities between entity constructions and observer viewpoint gestures. ► We find similarities between handling constructions and character viewpoint gestures. ► In SLs, lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation in DCs are influenced by viewpoint.
In this paper, we compare so-called “classifier” constructions in signed languages (which we refer to as “depicting constructions”) with comparable iconic gestures produced by non-signers. We show clear correspondences between entity constructions and observer viewpoint gestures on the one hand, and handling constructions and character viewpoint gestures on the other. Such correspondences help account for both lexicalisation and de-lexicalisation processes in signed languages and how these processes are influenced by viewpoint. Understanding these processes is crucial when coding and annotating natural sign language data.