Second language acquisition of depicting signs

Q2 Arts and Humanities

LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition Pub Date : 2022-12-31 DOI:10.1075/lia.22005.sch

Krister Schönström, J. Mesch

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Abstract

This paper concerns the acquisition of the sign lexicon in L2 learners of Swedish Sign Language. Sampled data (conversation and narrative retelling) from a longitudinal learner corpus with 16 adult L2 signers was analyzed and compared with data from nine L1 signers. The use of three broad types of signs was analyzed: lexical signs, partly-lexical signs (i.e. depicting signs) and non-lexical signs. The results revealed some differences between L1 and L2 signers, especially with regard to depicting signs. The number of depicting signs used by L2 learners increased over time, approaching the target language use. Qualitatively, we observed differences between L1 and L2 signers in their use of depicting signs, related to handshape choice and sign constructions. We discuss these findings in light of previous research linked to L2 vocabulary as well as the role of gestural knowledge in sign L2 acquisition.

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描绘符号的第二语言习得

本文研究了二语瑞典手语学习者符号词汇的习得。从16名成人二语使用者的纵向学习者语料库中取样数据(会话和叙事复述)进行分析，并与9名母语使用者的数据进行比较。分析了三大类符号的使用:词汇符号、部分词汇符号(即描绘符号)和非词汇符号。结果显示，母语和第二语言的手语使用者之间存在一些差异，尤其是在描绘手语方面。第二语言学习者使用的描述符号的数量随着时间的推移而增加，接近目标语言的使用。定性地，我们观察到L1和L2手语者在使用描绘符号方面的差异，这与手型选择和符号结构有关。我们结合之前的研究，讨论了这些发现，包括二语词汇以及手势知识在二语习得中的作用。

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LIA Language, Interaction and Acquisition Arts and Humanities-Language and Linguistics

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期刊介绍： LIA is a bilingual English-French journal that publishes original theoretical and empirical research of high scientific quality at the forefront of current debates concerning language acquisition. It covers all facets of language acquisition among different types of learners and in diverse learning situations, with particular attention to oral speech and/or to signed languages. Topics include the acquisition of one or more foreign languages, of one or more first languages, and of sign languages, as well as learners’ use of gestures during speech; the relationship between language and cognition during acquisition; bilingualism and situations of linguistic contact – for example pidginisation and creolisation. The bilingual nature of LIA aims at reaching readership in a wide international community, while simultaneously continuing to attract intellectual and linguistic resources stemming from multiple scientific traditions in Europe, thereby remaining faithful to its original French anchoring. LIA is the direct descendant of the French-speaking journal AILE.