Sign order in Slovenian sign language locative constructions

Abstract

In both sign and spoken languages, locative relations tend to be encoded within constructions that display the non-basic word/sign order. In addition, in such an environment, sign languages habitually use a distinct predicate type - a classifier predicate - which may independently affect the order of constituents in the sentence. In this paper, I present Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ) locative constructions, in which (i) the argument that enables spatial anchoring ("ground") precedes both the argument that requires spatial anchoring ("figure") and the predicate. At the same time, (ii) the relative order of the figure with respect to the predicate depends on the type of predicate employed: a non-classifier predicate precedes the figure, while a classifier predicate only comes after the figure.

Keywords

locative construction;locative adposition;figure and ground;classifier predicate;Slovenian Sign Language;

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Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2016
Typology:	1.01 - Original Scientific Article
Organization:	UNG - University of Nova Gorica
UDC:	811.163.6'221.24
COBISS:	63226978
ISSN:	0024-3922
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Znakovni red v krajevnih izrazih slovenskega znakovnega jezika
Secondary abstract:	V krajevnih stavkih sestavniki pogosto sledijo besednemu/znakovnemu redu, ki ni v skladu z osnovnim besednim/znakovnim redom danega govornega oziroma znakovnega jezika. Poleg tega je za znakovne jezike značilno, da se v tem skladenjskem okolju pojavlja poseben tip predikata (klasifikatorski predikat), ki že sam zase lahko vpliva na zaporedje sestavnikov v stavku. V članku predstavljam krajevne stavke slovenskega znakovnega jezika (SZJ). V njih je (i) argument, ki predstavlja referenčno točko ("podlaga"), umeščen pred argument, ki potrebuje referenčno točko ("lik"), in predikat; medtem ko je (ii) zaporedje lika in predikata odvisno od vrste predikata: ne-klasifikatorski predikat se umešča pred lik, klasifikatorski predikat pa za lik.
Secondary keywords:	znakovni jezik;slovenski znakovni jezik;krajevni izrazi;znakovni red;langue des signes;langue des signes slovène;expressions de lieu;ordre des signes;
URN:	URN:NBN:SI
Type (COBISS):	Not categorized
Pages:	str. 225-238
Issue:	ǂ[Letn.] ǂ56
Chronology:	2016
DOI:	10.4312/linguistica.56.1.225-238
ID:	10876248