Does Iconicity of Language Facilitate Language Acquisition?: Perspectives from Research on Sign Language Acquisition

• TAKEI Wataru

  Faculty of Education, Kanazawa University

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 〈コミュニケーション障害と発達心理学の接点〉言語の写像性は言語獲得を促進させるか：手話獲得研究からの知見
• 言語の写像性は言語獲得を促進させるか : 手話獲得研究からの知見
• ゲンゴ ノ シャゾウセイ ワ ゲンゴ カクトク オ ソクシン サセル カ シュワ カクトク ケンキュウ カラ ノ チケン

Abstract

Sign language is a visual-gestural language used by deaf people. It is evident from many linguistic studies that sign language is a fully grammaticized language. The acquisition of sign language in deaf children occurs just as the acquisition of spoken language in hearing children does. However, sign language is marked by rich iconic potential, in comparison with spoken languages. The goal of this paper is to explore the acquisition of iconically motivated language from several different perspectives such as the first signs, verb agreement, classifiers, and role-shift in deaf children.. Existing data on development was inadequate to help understand the transition from iconic form to more grammaticized constructions.

Journal

• THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

  THE JAPANESE JOURNAL OF COMMUNICATION DISORDERS 23 (2), 143-151, 2006

  Japanese Association of Communication Disorders

Keywords

• sign language
• iconicity
• language acquisition
• verb agreement
• classifier

Details

• CRID: 1390001205202255360
• NII Article ID: 10018263211
• NII Book ID: AA11835698
• DOI: 10.11219/jjcomdis2003.23.143
• ISSN: 18847048
• ISSN: 13478451
• NDL BIB ID: 8520646
• Web Site: http://hdl.handle.net/2297/19315
• Web Site: https://ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp/books/R000000004-I8520646
• Text Lang: ja
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