The Phonetics of Fingerspelling
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We now know that natural signed languages such as American Sign Language, French Sign Language, British Sign Language and others are fully independent languages. But natural signed languages are only one way of conveying language in the visual/gestural modality. Signed languages also have mechanisms for representing the material of oral languages. Fingerspelling is one example of such a representational system. This book examines fingerspelling from a phonetic perspective. Several studies of the kinematics of fingerspelling articulators are reported. From these detailed analyses of articulator timings and velocities, conclusions are drawn which suggest that, like speech, fingerspelling may be explained in terms of coordinative structures and task dynamics. The thrust of the book is to explore the notion that signed and spoken languages can be compared not only as abstract linguistic systems but also at the physical level as dynamically structured articulations. An implication of these studies is that a common basis in gesture can be found for the production, perception, and neural organization of signed and spoken languages.
[Studies in Speech Pathology and Clinical Linguistics, 4] 1992. vi, 108 pp.
Publishing status: Available
© John Benjamins Publishing Company
Table of Contents
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Chapter 1: A Linguistic Approach to Fingerspelling | p. 1
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The Structure of Signed Languages
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Fingerspelling
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Lexical Borrowing
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Research on Fingerspelling
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Fingerspelling as a Research Tool
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Models of Fingerspelling
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The Production and Perception of Fingerspelling
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Learning to Fingerspell
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Fingerspelling Fluency
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Coarticulation in Fingerspelling
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Kinematics, Dynamics, and Articulatory Movements
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Organization of the Studies
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Chapter 2: Learning to Fingerspell | p. 29
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Adult Acquisition of Fingerspelling
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Method
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Results
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Chapter 3: The Measurement of Fingerspelling Movement | p. 37
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Background
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Methods and Procedures for Motion Analysis Studies
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Chapter 4: Targets and Transitions | p. 55
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Models Revisited
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The Salience of Targets and Transitions
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Dynamic Modeling of Phonetic Structure
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Chapter 5: Towards a Dynamics of Fingerspelling | p. 65
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From Kinematics to Dynamics
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Fingerspelling Speed
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Cooperativity in Fingerspelling Production
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Discussion
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Chapter 6: Future Directions in Signed Language Research | p. 79
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The Linguistic Study of Fingerspelling
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Limitations and Suggestions for Further Study
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Sign Science and Speech Science: The Search for Unity
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Notes | p. 93
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Index | p. 107
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