The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new Language

Wendy Sandler; Mark Aronoff; Irit Meir; Carol Padden

doi:10.1007/s11049-011-9128-2

The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new Language

Wendy Sandler, Mark Aronoff, Irit Meir, Carol Padden

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The division of linguistic structure into a meaningless (phonological) level and a meaningful level of morphemes and words is considered a basic design feature of human language. Although established sign languages, like spoken languages, have been shown to be characterized by this bifurcation, no information has been available about the way in which such structure arises. We report here on a newly emerging sign language, Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, which functions as a full language but in which a phonological level of structure has not yet emerged. Early indications of formal regularities provide clues to the way in which phonological structure may develop over time.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	503-543
Number of pages	41
Journal	Natural Language and Linguistic Theory
Volume	29
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s11049-011-9128-2
State	Published - May 2011

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Acknowledgements This research was supported by National Institutes of Health grants DC6473 and R01-DC6473, U.S.–Israel Binational Science Foundation grant 200-372, and Israel Science Foundation grant 5433/04. Our thanks to Debbie Menashe and to Meir Etedgi for illustrations of ABSL signs.

Keywords

Duality of patterning
Phonology
Sign language

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Language and Linguistics
Linguistics and Language

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