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Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language
A survey of reports of sign order from 42 sign languages leads to a handful of generalizations. Two accounts emerge, one amodal and the other modal. We argue that universal pressures are at work with respect to some generalizations, but that pressure from the visual modality is at work with respect...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00376 |
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description | A survey of reports of sign order from 42 sign languages leads to a handful of generalizations. Two accounts emerge, one amodal and the other modal. We argue that universal pressures are at work with respect to some generalizations, but that pressure from the visual modality is at work with respect to others. Together, these pressures conspire to make all sign languages order their major constituents SOV or SVO. This study leads us to the conclusion that the order of S with regard to verb phrase (VP) may be driven by sensorimotor system concerns that feed universal grammar. |
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spelling | pubmed-40266902014-05-23 Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language Napoli, Donna Jo Sutton-Spence, Rachel Front Psychol Psychology A survey of reports of sign order from 42 sign languages leads to a handful of generalizations. Two accounts emerge, one amodal and the other modal. We argue that universal pressures are at work with respect to some generalizations, but that pressure from the visual modality is at work with respect to others. Together, these pressures conspire to make all sign languages order their major constituents SOV or SVO. This study leads us to the conclusion that the order of S with regard to verb phrase (VP) may be driven by sensorimotor system concerns that feed universal grammar. Frontiers Media S.A. 2014-05-12 /pmc/articles/PMC4026690/ /pubmed/24860523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00376 Text en Copyright © 2014 Napoli and Sutton-Spence. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) or licensor are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms. |
spellingShingle | Psychology Napoli, Donna Jo Sutton-Spence, Rachel Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title | Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title_full | Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title_fullStr | Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title_full_unstemmed | Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title_short | Order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
title_sort | order of the major constituents in sign languages: implications for all language |
topic | Psychology |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4026690/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24860523 http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00376 |
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