Hong Kong Sign Languages Class Presentation PDF

Hong kong LT3216 Chinese Linguistic SIGN LANGUAGES Group member: Chan Shuk Ying Yumiko (56669415) Au Tsz Hin Karlos (57232713) Ng Ka Yin (57293...

Hong kong LT3216 Chinese Linguistic SIGN LANGUAGES Group member: Chan Shuk Ying Yumiko (56669415) Au Tsz Hin Karlos (57232713) Ng Ka Yin (57293417)  Content 01 02 03 Introduction Phonology MOrphology 04 05 06 syntactic word order & Conclusion Q&A Nonmanuals  01 Introduction  1. What is Hong Kong SIGN LANGUAGES ? a. Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) is a language of the Deaf community in Hong Kong. It is a visual-gestural language with its grammar. c. HKSL b. China Deaf children Hong from deaf parents Kong acquire from birth CSL Linguistic systems: from one deaf generation to the next  1. History and Development Hong Kong Sign Language (HKSL) 1949 Around 20 deaf people from Shanghai and Nanjing To HK Began tutoring the local deaf community To facilitate greater social cohesion and standardisation  02 Phonology  2.Phonology HKSL has a system of sublexical, phonological contrasts in terms of: handshape, location, movement, and orientation---->different meanings Contrastive Headshapes Contrastive Movement Contrastive Palm Orientations 1. 3. 5. Difficult Quiet Examination 2. 4. 6. Know Mother Incidental  2.Phonology Identifying these phonological contrasts —> aims to establish a list of “phonemic” differences Simultaneity in sign language phonology, features: hand shape, movement, palm orientation, and location are “stacked” onto each other in its formation Liddell and Johnson (1989) Sequentiality in sign language phonology: expressed in dynamic changes in the movement parameter (Brentari 1998) Movement is expressed in terms of transition between two states, hence two timing units: a)path movement (up to down movement) b)aperture change (open to close fingers) c)orientation change (pronation to supination of the wrist)  03 Morphology  04 syntactic word order & Nonmannual  word order in hksl SVO (Subject-Verb-Object) The most frequently attested word order (Sze,2003) Plain verb sentence with reversible subject and object (semantically) required a rigid SVO order E.g., Peter likes Jenny //Jenny likes Peter Father likes pizza. // Pizza likes father Plain verb: eat, understand, read S-o-v structure “I love you”  word order in hksl Sentences with agreeing verbs or classifier predicates that invoke spatial elements May lead to change in SOV orders What is agreeing verb? Verbs that incorporate spatial information to show relationship between subject and object (directional) E.g, give, tell , hit  Agreeing verb example “Give” http://www.cslds.org/hkslbrowser/databank_detail.jsp?gloss=%E7%B5%A6(%E4%BD%A0)&sid=  word order in hksl What is classifier predicates? (noun + verb) ❖ First: Use specific handshapes to represent categories or classes of object or people. (noun) ❖ Second: spatial information to describe action and location. (to express states or event) Human movement Vehicle Objects Animal Movement walking/running/ driving/turning falling/on jumping/flying sitting Classifier predicates examples “sit” Non Manuals Non-manual markers include the use of facial expressions, body language, head movements, eye gazes, etc.  Nonmanuals Overlaid simultaneously with manual signs The function can be lexical, phonological,morphological or syntactic 1. Eye blinks and head nods ❖ Happened at the edge of phonological or intonational phrases ❖ Showing syntactic boundaries MALE, be-located+CL_sem:male;, IX-3 jump+CL_sem:male; LONG_TIME "The man is located here; he has been jumping for a long time.”  Nonmanuals 2. Tongue protrusion ❖ showing non manual adverbials KENNY IX-a PLAY_PIANO. “Kenny plays the piano carelessly” (adverbial non manuals) 3.Brow raise HAT BLUE TXa PETER BUY. "The blue hat over there, Peter bought (it). (topicalization) Others: Brow furrow (Wh- questions)  05 Conclusions  Conclusion basic knowledges in history, phonology and morphology, syntactic structures of HKSL. HKSL is the first language of the deaf community in Hong Kong It is a independent language that have a distinct and individual grammatical properties Aroused some of your interest in the communication means in the deaf community Possible exploration: influences from Cantonese or Chinese characters  06 Discussion  Example in books Father kisses mother Checkpoint The verb “kiss” is which type of verbs? A.agreeing verb B.classifier predicates C.plain verb http://www.cslds.org/hkslbrowser/databank_detail.jsp?gloss=KISS&sid=  Open end discussion Do you think a person without any knowledge of Cantonese, (e.g, an infant baby) could they acquire HKSL solely? THANKS for your listening! CREDITS: This presentation template was created by Slidesgo, and includes icons by Flaticon, and infographics & images by Freepik Please keep this slide for attribution