Assimilation of Libras Signs in Joke Texts

IF 0.5 Q3 LINGUISTICS

Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2021-05-05 DOI:10.1353/sls.2021.0002

Walber Gonçalves Marília de Nazaré de Abreu, Marília de Nazaré de Oliveira Ferreira

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Abstract

Abstract:This study contributes to research in the field of phonology of sign languages, focusing on the occurrence of assimilation of signs. The objective of the study is to analyze assimilation cases present in the text genre "joke" in Brazilian Sign Language (Libras), as well as influences of the immediate context on their occurrence. We understand that assimilation occurs when one unit takes features from another unit next to it (Liddell and Johnson 1989; Valli et al. 2011; Resende 2012). Thus, four jokes were selected from the YouTube video platform and signs that show the process of assimilation were selected to constitute our corpus. The data were analyzed qualitatively. Based on the corpus and on the analyses, we found that the tendency, in the four jokes in Libras that we investigated, is that one-hand signs affect one-hand signs in a progressive and strong way. Therefore, we conclude that it is possible to hypothesize that assimilation occurs as a principle of linguistic economy, considering that the sign unit that is assimilated into the other would be very distant from the unit (previous or subsequent) of the sign, which would be antieconomic.

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笑话文本中天秤座符号的同化

摘要：这项研究有助于手语音韵学领域的研究，重点是符号同化的发生。本研究的目的是分析巴西手语文本类型“笑话”中存在的同化案例，以及直接语境对其发生的影响。我们知道，当一个单元从旁边的另一个单元获取特征时，就会发生同化（Liddell和Johnson，1989；瓦利等人2011；Resende，2012年）。因此，从YouTube视频平台上选择了四个笑话，并选择了显示同化过程的标志来构成我们的语料库。对数据进行了定性分析。基于语料库和分析，我们发现，在我们调查的天秤座的四个笑话中，倾向于单手手势以渐进和强烈的方式影响单手手势。因此，我们得出结论，考虑到被同化为另一个符号的符号单位与符号的单位（前一个或后一个）相距甚远，这将是反经济的，可以假设同化是作为语言经济的一项原则发生的。

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Sign Language Studies LINGUISTICS-

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1.80

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6.70%

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期刊介绍： Sign Language Studies publishes a wide range of original scholarly articles and essays relevant to signed languages and signing communities. The journal provides a forum for the dissemination of important ideas and opinions concerning these languages and the communities who use them. Topics of interest include linguistics, anthropology, semiotics, Deaf culture, and Deaf history and literature.