Production and perception of location in signed language

手语位置的产生和感知

• 批准号: 6952698
• 负责人: MARTHA TYRONE
• 金额: $ 4.4万
• 依托单位: HASKINS LABORATORIES, INC.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-09-20 至 2007-09-19
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/6952698
• 关键词: American; British; behavioral /social science research tag; clinical research; human middle age (35-64); human subject; language; paralinguistic behavior; perception; phonology; postdoctoral investigator; psychomotor function; sensorimotor system; sign language; speech; young adult human (21-34)

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the proposed research is to investigate the phonological parameter of location in signed language, within the theoretical framework of articulatory phonology, on the basis of detailed phonetic measures of articulatory gestures, similar to those in use for speech research. This study is the first to focus on production in normal adult signers in terms of motor constraints, and to examine the interaction between sign language perception and production. The first experiment will examine movements to a set of consistent phonological locations in American Sign Language (ASL) under normal and fast conditions so that the range and variability of those locations can be measured. The second experiment will examine analogous data in British Sign Language (BSL), thereby allowing for cross-linguistic comparison. The final experiment will compare perception and production of location in both ASL and BSL, using the results of the first two studies as the basis for the perceptual stimuli. It is hoped that this research will lead to a better understanding of cross-language variation and universals, as well as motoric and perceptual constraints on phonological form in signed language, thereby informing both theoretical models of sign language structure.

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议研究的目的是在符号语言中，在符号语言的理论框架内研究位置的语音参数，基于与语音研究的详细语音指标，类似于言语研究的详细语音指标。这项研究是第一个在运动限制方面重点关注正常成人签名者的生产，并检查手语感知与生产之间的相互作用。第一个实验将检查在正常和快速条件下以美国手语（ASL）一致的语音位置的运动，以便可以测量这些位置的范围和可变性。第二个实验将检查英国手语（BSL）的类似数据，从而允许进行跨语言比较。最终实验将使用前两个研究的结果作为感知刺激的基础，比较ASL和BSL中位置的感知和产生。希望这项研究能够更好地理解跨语言变化和普遍性，以及在签名语言中对语音形式的摩托和感知约束，从而为手语结构的两个理论模型提供了信息。