Abrupt grammatical reorganization of an emergent sign language
The expression of motion in Zinacantec Family Homesign
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 20344666 |
|---|---|
| Autores | German A (0000-0002-0997-9409, The University of Texas at Austin, autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 2023 |
| Fecha de publicación | 2023-12-07 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | Sí |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Diachronica (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0176-4225 • E-ISSN: 1569-9714 |
| Editorial | John Benjamins Publishing Company (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1075/dia.22039.ger |
| OpenAlex | W4389443308 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 5 |
| Referencias citadas | 56 |
This study traces the development of discrete, combinatorial structure in Zinacantec Family Homesign (‘Z Sign’), a sign language developed since the 1970s by several deaf siblings in Mexico ( Haviland 2020b ), focusing on the expression of motion. The results reveal that the first signer, who generated a homesign system without access to language models, represents motion events holistically. Later-born signers, who acquired this homesign system from infancy, distribute the components of motion events over sequences of discrete signs. Furthermore, later-born signers exhibit greater regularity of form-meaning mappings and increased articulatory efficiency. Importantly, these changes occur abruptly between the first- and second-born signers, rather than incrementally across signers. This study extends previous findings for Nicaraguan Sign Language ( Senghas et al. 2004 ) to a social group of a much smaller scale, suggesting that the parallel processes of cultural transmission and language acquisition drive language emergence, regardless of community size
American Sign Language · Linguistics · Sign language · Sign system · Communication · Computer Science · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence
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| Obras citantes distintas | 5 |
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| Citas por año | 2,5 |
| Intervalo de citas | 2024 - 2026 (3) |
| Velocidad de citación | current |
| Altamente citado | No |
| Tipos de cita | Neutras: 5 |