Sign Linguistics
Taiwan Sign Language (TSL)
已納入「國家語言發展法」
Brief Intro to Sign Languages
- visual-gestural system with words and grammatical rules
- uses hand, body and facial gestures
- gesture (not rule-governed) → pantomime(默劇) → emblems(像揮手這種不需口與伴隨就有固定意思的動作，隨語區不同) → sign language (rule-governed)
- sign language is not universal (且與該區的主要語言無關連)
- sign language families are related to conlonization (過程中母國帶去啟聰學校)
- sign language aren't always iconic (= it's mostly arbitrary)
- 左右手都通，單手的就用慣用手
Deaf Community
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🙉 不要加上「啞」字來稱呼，比起「聽障」，更偏好被稱為「聾人」(作為一個特徵)
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Sign Linguistics
Sign is no different from spoken language, with all of the same linguistic structures.
- Sign language is the best evidence to support the view that all language are governed by the same universal principles.
The Internal Structure of Signs
Parameters (每個字詞都一定有) :
(1) handshape
(2) location
(3) movement (不動也是一種動作)
(4) orientation (the direction of palm & finger)