The Development of Complex Verb Constructions in British Sign Language

Autor/inn/en	Morgan, Gary; Herman, Rosalind; Woll, Bencie
Titel	The Development of Complex Verb Constructions in British Sign Language
Quelle	In: Journal of Child Language, 29 (2002) 3, S.655-675 (21 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0305-0009
DOI	10.1017/S0305000902005184
Schlagwörter	Sign Language; Children; Sentence Structure; Form Classes (Languages); Concept Mapping; Child Language + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gebärdensprache; Child; Kind; Kinder; Satzbau; Satzstruktur; Analytischer Sprachbau; Concept Map; 'Children''s language'; Kindersprache
Abstract	This study focuses on the mapping of events onto verb-argument structures in British Sign Language (BSL). The development of complex sentences in BSL is described in a group of 30 children, aged 3;2-12;0, using data from comprehension measures and elicited sentence production. The findings support two interpretations: firstly, in the mapping of concepts onto language, children acquiring BSL overgeneralize the use of argument structure related to perspective shifting; secondly, these overgeneralizations are predicted by the typological characteristics of the language and modality. Children under age 6;0, in attempting to produce sentences encoded through a perspective shift, begin by breaking down double-verb constructions (AB verbs) into components, producing only the part of the verb phrase which describes the perspective of the patient. There is also a prolonged period of development of non-manual features, with the full structure not seen in its adult form until after 9;0. The errors in the use of AB verbs and the subsequent protracted development of correct usage are explained in terms of the conceptual-linguistic interface. (Contains 1 footnote.) (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10