Morphological Study of Japanese Sign Language

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23242022
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)
• Allocation Type: Single-year Grants
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Linguistics
• Research Institution: Kyoto Institute of Technology (2013); Chukyo University (2011-2012)
• Principal Investigator: KANDA Kazuyuki 京都工芸繊維大学, 拡張コミュニティエイド研究センター, 特任教授 (70132123)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): MORIMOTO Kazunari 京都工芸繊維大学, 工芸科学研究科, 教授 (00127169) ; KIMURA Tsutomu 豊田工業高等専門学校, 情報工学科, 准教授 (80225054) ; OSUGI Yutaka 筑波技術大学, 障害者高等教育支援センター, 准教授 (60451704)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): HARA Daisuke 豊田工業大学, 工学部, 教授 (00329822)
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 手話 / 文法 / 形態論

Outline of Final Research Achievements

The grammatical phenomena are represented at morphological level in Japanese Sign Language. Most of the arguments are internalized, not indicated as external nor internal arguments. The verb stems of JSL are handshapes so called CL and suffixes are the movements. Thus they produce infinite combinations of the verbs. The list of the morphemes will dedicate to the morphological dictionary, which would contribute to sign interpretation, sign production and sign recognition by the computer.

Free Research Field

手話学