Lips, milk, chocolate, orange, etc.: a study of colors´' names Brazilian Sign Language

• Autor(a) principal: Nascimento, Sandra Patrícia de Faria do
• Data de Publicação: 2009
• Tipo de documento: Artigo
• Idioma: por
• Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
• Texto Completo: https://doi.org/10.34632/cadernosdesaude.2009.2977

The colors’ names in all languages of the world enclose very interesting linguistic aspects. We decided to analyze the processes of colors denomination in Brazilian Sign Language (LSB) to understand how these processes occur in this language. The colors’ names corpus was generated from two repertoires with LSB. Then, the Silex Model was applied to this corpus. These procedures allowed us: (a) to identify, analyze and systemize the construction processes of the colors’ names in LSB; (b) to confirm the existence of the constructional competence of first language speakers of Brazilian Sign Language, when filling lexical blanks in LSB; (c) to evidence that Silex Model supports morphological analysis that contemplates functional aspects of the language; and, at last, (d) to verify the importance and validity of diachronical analyses, in the identification of the words’ construction processes in LSB.