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When grammaticalization is seen and not heard

The case of pointing in signed language emergence. Kate Mesh, University of Haifa, Israel

2/7/2018
12:15 pm – 1:15 pm
Rockefeller Class of 1930's Room
Intended Audience(s): Public
Categories: Clubs & Organizations, Conferences, Lectures & Seminars, Workshops & Training

Pointing gestures are especially likely to be incorporated into the grammars of young, emerging signed languages: they are pervasive in everyday talk, crucial to face-to-face communication, and visually accessible to the deaf signers who create these languages.  In this talk, I trace the grammaticalization of pointing in three young sign languages: San Juan Quiahije Chatino Sign Language (Mexico), Israeli Sign Language (Israel) and Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language (Israel). I show how signers of these languages adopt and adapt pointing gestures to serve a set of increasingly abstract grammatical functions.   


 
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