LINGUIS 101 1st Edition Lecture 11 Sign language phonology Sign languages have parameters that can be used contrastively just like spoke languages Contrastive parameters have minimal pairs o Hand shape o Palm orientation o Location o Movement o Non manual markers Differences in spoken language Modality o Spoken languages auditory vocal o Signed languages visual gestural Structure of words o Spoken languages sequence of sounds each sound has parameters o Signed languages simultaneous articulation of parameters Similarities to spoken language Words decomposable into smaller non meaningful elements sign parameters Contrastive elements minimal pairs Phonological rules e g assimilation These notes represent a detailed interpretation of the professor s lecture GradeBuddy is best used as a supplement to your own notes not as a substitute Natural classes of signs o Open closed hand position o Bent flat hand position o Fingers selected Assimilation in palm orientation Sleep palm faces signer hand shape flat Sunrise palm faces down hand shape pointer Compound oversleep sleep sunrise o Dialect 1 regressive assimilation in palm orientation o Dialect 2 regressive assimilation in hand shape and palm orientation
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