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Introduction to BSL Linguistics

Introduction to BSL Linguistics. Gary L Taylor. What is BSL Linguistics?. What is & What is not BSL? Iconicity Compounds Verbs Classifiers – SASS Fingerspelling Regional Sign Variations Borrowing & Name Signs. What is BSL?. BSL is not a word for word translation in English

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Introduction to BSL Linguistics

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  1. Introduction to BSL Linguistics Gary L Taylor

  2. What is BSL Linguistics? • What is & What is not BSL? • Iconicity • Compounds • Verbs • Classifiers – SASS • Fingerspelling • Regional Sign Variations • Borrowing & Name Signs

  3. What is BSL? • BSL is not a word for word translation in English • BSL is a visual language which uses handshapes, facial expression to express meaning • It has its own Rules & Grammar • BSL has regional variations, just as spoken English has accents and local dialects • Fingerspelling is part of BSL

  4. What is NOT BSL? • Cued Speech • Paget Gorman Signs • Makaton • Signed English (SE) • Signed Support English (SSE)

  5. Language

  6. Language

  7. ICONICITY (VISUAL MOTIVATION • HIGH - transparent, show full picture that reduced in scale of actual object or thing that is being copied in shape e.g. TREE, DRINK • LESS - have explanation for signs but not very obvious e.g. HOUSE, TENNIS • ARBITRARY (OR ABSTRACT) - no explanation for signs and not very obvious i.e. no reason and unknown for signs with no picture or link e.g. WHY, SISTER Group work – find 5 examples each?

  8. COMPOUNDS • 2 different signs have their own meaning that form a new sign with different meaning • SEQUENCE - 2 signs are used one after the other in order e.g. TENNIS, BLOOD, PEOPLE. • SIMULTANEOUS - 2 signs are used at the same time e.g. FAX, PARACHUTE, PRISON.

  9. COMPOUNDS MINICOM BELIEVE PARENTS MAINSTREAM INTERVIEW REMEMBER EXPERIENCE Group work - pick which the above are sequence or simultaneous?

  10. VERBS • NOUN - name of a thing or object • VERB - action • NOUN - CAR, BOOK, FOOD, BROOM • VERB – DRIVE, READ, EAT, SWEEP

  11. CLASSIFIERS • Copy exact sign and reduce in size in location space. Signs represent things and objects. • Handshapes: PERSON, PEOPLE, BALL • Handling / Grasping: PRAM, WRITE, BRUSH Group work – find 5 more examples?

  12. FINGERSPELLING (3 GROUPS) • Fingerspelling Signs: APRIL, BRAZIL, EDINBURGH • Fingerspelling pattern: JOB, CLUB, BUS, NEWS • Fingerspelling Initialised (first letter): Tapped Twice (same letter) - KITCHEN MOTHER, YELLOW

  13. FINGERSPELLING (3 GROUPS) • Circular - CLASS, VIDEO, GREY Movement to or from Body COMMUNICATION, CONVERSATION • On the Body - CONFIDENT, COMFORTABLE Group work - find 5 examples each?

  14. REGIONAL SIGN VARIATIONS(RSV) • Social Class • Age • Men & Woman • Ethnic group • Religion groups Group work – Is there are Regional Sign Variation?

  15. REGIONAL SIGN VARIATIONS(RSV) • Numbers & Money • Colours • Clothes • Day of the week • Family • People, Man, Woman, News, Birthday Group work – Why there are Regional Sign Variations? Deaf School (& residential), Deaf Clubs and Deaf Families (Generation)

  16. Borrowing Signs • Loans into BSL from other language: I LOVE YOU, WOW, OK, ATTITUDE • Loans Translations: ICELAND, GREENLAND • Fingerspelling Loans: CONFIDENCE, DAUGHTER • 1st letter Fingerspelling: Recommend, Proposal Find – 5 examples of borrowing signs & fingerspelling?

  17. Name Signs • Brand Names: Audi, Renault, Arsenal • Places: Blackpool, Paris, Sydney • Personal Names Signs: Nos.., Deaf School, Physical Character.

  18. Name Signs (Personal Names) • School Numbers • Physical Character - distinguishing features • Character trait - temper, obsession • Personal Information - person from other country or specific job, hobby • Loan Translation - Kay, Mr Rice, Flora • First / Second name - Alex, Margaret, Young • Fixed names - Carpenter, Wood, Brown, Green Group work – find 3 examples each?

  19. Accent Accuracy Adverbs Affirmation Ambiguities Aspect Auxiliaries Aspectual Model Basic Buoys Classifier Cohesion Colloquial(-ism) Complex Compound Conditional Glossary of Terms

  20. Convention Context Dialect Discourse Cohesion Markers Enumerating Evaluate Everyday Expressions Extract Familiar Fluency Format Gist Grammar Idiom Glossary of Terms

  21. Imperative Infinitive Intonation or prosody Interrogative Lexicon Frozen Productive Manipulate Modification Modulation Negative Nuance Phatic Phrase Positive Presentation Glossary of Terms

  22. Proform Pronoun Pronunciation Register Role shift Routine Scan Sentence Setting Simple Simultaneity Situation Speed Specifier Structures Style Glossary of Terms

  23. Why is BSL Linguistics important to teaching BSL? 2 aims: • To describe language as fully as possible • To ask why language are the way they are Who needs to know the Linguistics of BSL? • Learners: they can learn it better and can compare the language they know the language they are learning • Teacher: they can explain when and why something a learner signs is wrong and how to sign it right

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