Towards a phonological model of Czech Sign Language : a case study of lexical variants

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Authors

STRACHOŇOVÁ Hana VLÁŠKOVÁ Lucia

Year of publication 2022
Type Article in Proceedings
Conference Language Use and Linguistic Structure : Proceedings of the Olomouc Linguistics Colloquium 2021
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Faculty of Arts

Citation
web https://ff.upol.cz/fileadmin/userdata/FF/katedry/kaa/sborniky/OlincoProceedings2021.pdf
Doi http://dx.doi.org/10.5507/ff.22.24461489
Keywords phonology; Czech Sign Language; lexical variation
Description This paper brings some modifications of the phonological Hand-Tier model proposed by Sandler (1986, 1987a, 1987b, 1989, 2006) for American Sign Languages. Based on Czech Sign Language data, we refined Sandler’s latest version of the model as follows: (i) we added the features for planes into the handshape category; (ii) we specified the application of the repetition feature; (iii) we added a feature and refined a feature ([back] and [wrist], respectively) within the orientation set of the handshape features; (iv) we removed a redundant feature for the thumb positions ([opposed]); and (v) we redefined the feature [arm] as a complex subcategory by adding a set of orientation features. This work has been initially motivated by the need for variant/synonym distinction during the lemmatization process in the first online Czech Sign Language dictionary (Dictio).
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