Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?

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Autor(a) principal: Moita, Mara
Data de Publicação: 2023
Outros Autores: Abreu, Ana Maria, Mineiro, Ana
Tipo de documento: Artigo
Idioma: eng
Título da fonte: Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)
Texto Completo: http://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41863
Resumo: Iconicity has been described as an impetus for creating sign forms in emerging sign languages and forming signs in estab- lished sign languages. Iconic signs are defined as spontaneous or stable signs that directly reflect the representation of their referent. In established sign languages, iconic signs have phonological features. Regarding the link between the motivation for iconic signs and phonological features, we aim to investigate how iconicity might influence the emergence of a phonological system along with the evolution of a new sign language by observing how the rise of a phonological system might be revealed by the evolution of emerging iconic gestures and signs in a new sign language. For this purpose, we inventoried and coded the iconicity nature and phonological structure of 200 signed lexical items collected in two moments of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language (LGSTP) emergence: at T1 (after 2 years since the deaf habitants initiated their social meetings) and T2 (8 years subsequent to T1 data collection). In the 8 years of LGSTP’s emergence, we found a dominance of iconic signs in tandem with changes in the signs’ internal structure. The handshape is revealed to be the phonological parameter with the greatest devel- opment, presenting itself as more complex. The LGSTP lexicon reveals that iconicity seems to prompt the emergence of sign forms. However, iconic strategies remain stable across the evolution of the emergent signs and are independent of the internal structure change of the sign.
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spelling Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?IconicityPhonological emergenceEmerging sign languageLanguage evolutionIconicity has been described as an impetus for creating sign forms in emerging sign languages and forming signs in estab- lished sign languages. Iconic signs are defined as spontaneous or stable signs that directly reflect the representation of their referent. In established sign languages, iconic signs have phonological features. Regarding the link between the motivation for iconic signs and phonological features, we aim to investigate how iconicity might influence the emergence of a phonological system along with the evolution of a new sign language by observing how the rise of a phonological system might be revealed by the evolution of emerging iconic gestures and signs in a new sign language. For this purpose, we inventoried and coded the iconicity nature and phonological structure of 200 signed lexical items collected in two moments of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language (LGSTP) emergence: at T1 (after 2 years since the deaf habitants initiated their social meetings) and T2 (8 years subsequent to T1 data collection). In the 8 years of LGSTP’s emergence, we found a dominance of iconic signs in tandem with changes in the signs’ internal structure. The handshape is revealed to be the phonological parameter with the greatest devel- opment, presenting itself as more complex. The LGSTP lexicon reveals that iconicity seems to prompt the emergence of sign forms. However, iconic strategies remain stable across the evolution of the emergent signs and are independent of the internal structure change of the sign.Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica PortuguesaMoita, MaraAbreu, Ana MariaMineiro, Ana2023-07-25T10:04:34Z20232023-01-01T00:00:00Zinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttp://hdl.handle.net/10400.14/41863eng2058-458X10.1093/jole/lzad00985173450874001028814300001info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessreponame:Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos)instname:Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãoinstacron:RCAAP2023-10-31T01:33:37Zoai:repositorio.ucp.pt:10400.14/41863Portal AgregadorONGhttps://www.rcaap.pt/oai/openaireopendoar:71602024-03-19T20:10:15.978766Repositório Científico de Acesso Aberto de Portugal (Repositórios Cientìficos) - Agência para a Sociedade do Conhecimento (UMIC) - FCT - Sociedade da Informaçãofalse
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
title Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
spellingShingle Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
Moita, Mara
Iconicity
Phonological emergence
Emerging sign language
Language evolution
title_short Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
title_full Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
title_fullStr Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
title_full_unstemmed Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
title_sort Iconicity in the emergence of a phonological system?
author Moita, Mara
author_facet Moita, Mara
Abreu, Ana Maria
Mineiro, Ana
author_role author
author2 Abreu, Ana Maria
Mineiro, Ana
author2_role author
author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Veritati - Repositório Institucional da Universidade Católica Portuguesa
dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Moita, Mara
Abreu, Ana Maria
Mineiro, Ana
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Iconicity
Phonological emergence
Emerging sign language
Language evolution
topic Iconicity
Phonological emergence
Emerging sign language
Language evolution
description Iconicity has been described as an impetus for creating sign forms in emerging sign languages and forming signs in estab- lished sign languages. Iconic signs are defined as spontaneous or stable signs that directly reflect the representation of their referent. In established sign languages, iconic signs have phonological features. Regarding the link between the motivation for iconic signs and phonological features, we aim to investigate how iconicity might influence the emergence of a phonological system along with the evolution of a new sign language by observing how the rise of a phonological system might be revealed by the evolution of emerging iconic gestures and signs in a new sign language. For this purpose, we inventoried and coded the iconicity nature and phonological structure of 200 signed lexical items collected in two moments of Sao Tome and Principe Sign Language (LGSTP) emergence: at T1 (after 2 years since the deaf habitants initiated their social meetings) and T2 (8 years subsequent to T1 data collection). In the 8 years of LGSTP’s emergence, we found a dominance of iconic signs in tandem with changes in the signs’ internal structure. The handshape is revealed to be the phonological parameter with the greatest devel- opment, presenting itself as more complex. The LGSTP lexicon reveals that iconicity seems to prompt the emergence of sign forms. However, iconic strategies remain stable across the evolution of the emergent signs and are independent of the internal structure change of the sign.
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