Linguistics 1b Lecture Notes PDF

Linguistics 1b Chapter 15: Gestures & Sign Languages Welcome to Sign Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpZ3qxTW3cE  · different types - understand them Gestures...

Linguistics 1b Chapter 15: Gestures & Sign Languages Welcome to Sign Language https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpZ3qxTW3cE  · different types - understand them Gestures gestures emblems involve hands to support meaningful signals known by speech specific cultures mostly used with speech e.g.: hand movement showing e.g.: “V” for victory / peace / someone going down a slide flipped around an obscene “She was going down the slide gesture (UK); tapping on really fast.” forehead for crazy, ridiculous (Ger) (fingers cut off > - Brits won , used to flip somebody offf 1415 Battle of Agincourt  Gestures iconics deictics create an echo of speech reference to something adds meaning, but doesn’t existing in shared memory mean the same thing as the figurative “pointing at” words Cnot slide show slide to memory, not physical being/object e.g.: hands wide apart e.g.: motion towards where “I have a big problem!” two people had been sitting after they had left “They sure were obnoxious!” Let babies first - sign  Gestures beats accompanies rhythm of speech for emphasis e.g.: quick closed hand/fist shakes “This time, I’m going to make it work!” whole hand - pointing pointing finger Task A (p. 253, 8th Ed.) In the chapter, we mentioned deictics or pointing gestures, but didn’t explore how they are actually performed. Can you describe in detail the most common pointing gesture? Are there any social constraints on its use? Are there other ways of pointing, using other parts of the body?  Gestures https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zn2iRG7bI2I Why Sign Language Was Banned in America https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MQUO2AVCUKM Notes on video signing does not need correction but is it own language Visual language is important for brain development Complex vocabulary, variety, grammatical structure Keep on being newly created Laurent Clerc and Thomas Gallaudet Oralism: speaking by lip reading 2013: apology issued to the deaf community Denial access to language (human right) ASL not in the toolkit of doctors (another choices)  Sign Language Primary sign lge vs. alternate sign lge L1 of people system of hand who don’t use signals used for spoken lge with limited each other communication Cabstract concepts when speech can’t be used e.. diving g sign Ige  Sign Language fate of the deat Milan convention: ~ Hearing people decided: Deaf children “needed to learn” English (or other lge) to improve their communication ↓ feeling vibration a = change to oralism (movements) it's not a lack they just - , don't have it to use Borca + Wemiche's area not , just visual Denied children access to lge; Thus, lge delay & lge deprivation!!!  Sign Language Articulatory parameters 1. hand shape 2. palm orientation 3. location 4. movement 5. non-manual signals facial expression head and eye movement , Watch: ASL vs. BSL side by side comparison https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3CRo7nb7bPE  George Yule Fig. 15.2, p. 251 Sign Language Finger-spelling: system of hand configuration use to represent letters of the alphabet Signs: have meaning within system of signs, not reference to pictorial image; arbitrary! sign = America Questions?