Sign languages on Marajó Island (Brazil)

Martinod, Emmanuella; García, Brigitte; Fusellier, Ivani

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“…It is important to note that the Soure signer who produced the greatest diversity of role-taking (six types) was the one who was the most socially integrated: she interacted very regularly with both deaf and hearing people. For example, she often did occasional jobs at the homes of various hearing families from her neighborhood and also had a unifying role within the deaf community in Soure (see Martinod et al, 2020b). Conversely, the signer who used the least diversity (two role-taking types) was relatively more socially isolated.…”

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Role-taking in two micro-community sign languages: Phylogenetic insights

Martinod

2022

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This study aimed to examine the use of role-taking constructions in two micro-community sign languages (SLs): Yucatec Maya SL (YMSL), and Soure SL. Various role-taking types were quantified and changes in gaze direction were annotated on data regarding these two SLs. The results showed (i) a greater diversity of role-taking produced in YMSL, including complex role-taking (i.e., multiple perspectives or role-taking produced alongside lexical units), and (ii) changes in gaze direction before and after the production of role-taking constructions in both SLs. First, this suggests a phylogenetic development between the two SLs partly observable from the study of role-taking through the conceptual lens of bifurcation of the signer's intent. More broadly, an analysis of the phylogenesis of SLs would benefit from this kind of examination using analytical concepts relevant to SLs. Second, results seem to indicate that the phylogenesis of SLs would share similarities with the ontogenesis of SLs. Indeed, the less socially integrated and analyzed SL (Soure SL) displayed a less advanced degree of bifurcation since few complex role-taking constructions were observed. This is in line with the way these structures are acquired late by SL learners. Further studies on other micro-community SLs would be needed to validate the results of this study.

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Role-taking in two micro-community sign languages: Phylogenetic insights

Martinod

2022

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Perspectives: On the Historicalness of Sign Languages

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Encrevé

2022

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This paper aims to provide a reflection on an assumption sometimes present in linguistic research: the supposed youth of sign languages (SLs). In this research (the importance of which we do not question), SLs are considered to date back to the mid-eighteenth century, or even the mid-twentieth century. As historians, we wish to question this hypothesis. To this end, we will question the scientific consequences of a reversal of this hypothesis. The historical method used forbids presenting a hypothesis as a postulate until it has been validated by sources, whose authenticity can be granted. In order to illustrate this, we will take the example of the French sign language: from a historical point of view, sources attest that its roots go back at least to the early Middle Ages. It would therefore be an old language, at least as old as French. From this case, we would like to propose a new hypothesis: that the sign languages of the world are not young. And we would like linguists to consider the possibility for the SL they are studying to be an old language. Would this new paradigm change previous conclusions? To what extent would this allow for a renewal, for example opening the way to another perspective on the genesis of these languages?

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Sign languages on Marajó Island (Brazil)

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Role-taking in two micro-community sign languages: Phylogenetic insights

Role-taking in two micro-community sign languages: Phylogenetic insights

Perspectives: On the Historicalness of Sign Languages

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