2011 Fiscal Year Final Research Report
Symmetry and Dominance Constraints in Sri Lankan Sign Language
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21520433
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Linguistics
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| Research Institution | Nagaoka University of Technology |
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Principal Investigator |
KANO Mitsuru 長岡技術科学大学, 工学部, 准教授 (80251859)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2009 – 2011
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| Keywords | スリランカ手話 / 対称性制約 / 優位性制約 / 複雑性 / 両手サイン / 類別詞 |
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| Research Abstract |
In sign linguistics, Eccarius & Brentari(2007) advocate that the symmetry and dominance constraints(Battison 1978) are applied not only to the two-handed lexical items, but also to the two-handed classifiers, whereas Aronoff et al.(2003) advocate that they aren' t applied to the two-handed classifiers. I analyze the two-handed lexical items and classifiers of Sri Lankan Sign Language in terms of distribution of the phonological properties. The data demonstrate that both of the two-handed lexical items and classifiers follow the two constraints. It supports the theory of Eccarius & Brentari(2007).
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