Showing papers by "Sherman Wilcox published in 2017"
22 May 2017
TL;DR: In this article, o papel dos gestos no desenvolvimento das linguas de sinais is explored, e o presente artigo pode contribuir para nossa compreensao dos dois caminhos de entrada de gestos in a sistema linguistico.
Abstract: Neste artigo e explorado o papel dos gestos no desenvolvimento das linguas de sinais. Usando dados da Lingua Americana de Sinais (ASL), Lingua de Sinais Catala (CSL), Lingua de Sinais Francesa (FSL) e Lingua Italiana de Sinais (ISL), assim como fontes historicas que descrevem gestos na regiao mediterrânea, demonstro que o gesto entra no sistema linguistico atraves de, pelo menos, dois caminhos. Pelo primeiro, os gestos servem como fonte de morfemas lexicais e gramaticais em linguas de sinais. Pelo segundo, os gestos entram atraves da prosodia e entonacao, saltando completamente o estagio lexical, e se desenvolvem em formas morfologicas. Portanto, o presente artigo pode contribuir para nossa compreensao dos dois caminhos de entrada de gestos no sistema linguistico.
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TL;DR: This work proposes that the distinction between language and gesture is a categorization problem, and challenges the view that all linguistic units exhibit gradience.
Abstract: Goldin-Meadow & Brentari (G-M&B) rely on a formalist approach to language, leading them to seek objective criteria by which to distinguish language and gesture This results in the assumption that gradient aspects of signs are gesture Usage-based theories challenge this view, maintaining that all linguistic units exhibit gradience Instead, we propose that the distinction between language and gesture is a categorization problem
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23 Nov 2017
TL;DR: In this article, Sherman Wilcox suggests that rather than abstracting away from the material substance of language, linguists can discover the deep connections between signed and spoken languages by taking an embodied view.
Abstract: In Ten Lectures on Cognitive Linguistics and the Unification of Spoken and Signed Languages Sherman Wilcox suggests that rather than abstracting away from the material substance of language, linguists can discover the deep connections between signed and spoken languages by taking an embodied view. This embodied solution reveals the patterns and principles that unite languages across modalities. Using a multidisciplinary approach, Wilcox explores such issues as the how to apply cognitive grammar to the study of signed languages, the pervasive conceptual iconicity present throughout the lexicon and grammar of signed languages, the relation of language and gesture, the grammaticization of signs, the significance of motion for understanding language as a dynamic system, and the integration of cognitive neuroscience and cognitive linguistics.
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06 Nov 2017
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