The gradual emergence of phonological form in a new language

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Wendy Sandler
Mark Aronoff
Irit Meir
Carol Padden
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[1] University of Haifa,Department of English Language and Literature
[2] SUNY Stony Brook,Department of Linguistics
[3] University of Haifa,Department of Hebrew Language, Department of Communication Disorders
[4] University of California San Diego,Department of Communication
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Natural Language & Linguistic Theory | 2011年 / 29卷
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Phonology; Duality of patterning; Sign language;
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The division of linguistic structure into a meaningless (phonological) level and a meaningful level of morphemes and words is considered a basic design feature of human language. Although established sign languages, like spoken languages, have been shown to be characterized by this bifurcation, no information has been available about the way in which such structure arises. We report here on a newly emerging sign language, Al-Sayyid Bedouin Sign Language, which functions as a full language but in which a phonological level of structure has not yet emerged. Early indications of formal regularities provide clues to the way in which phonological structure may develop over time.
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