{"title":"An approach to path movement in the diachronic study of sign languages","authors":"D. Napoli, Nathan Sanders","doi":"10.1075/dia.23033.nap","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"\n Sign languages seem not to be amenable to traditional historical reconstruction via the comparative method, making\n it difficult to replicate the successes achieved in the diachronic study of spoken languages. We propose to alleviate this\n difficulty with an alternative approach that draws upon nonarbitrariness and biomechanics, especially the drive for reducing\n articulatory effort. We offer a demonstration of this approach, which can add confirmation to known relationships between sign\n languages and new evidence in support of suspected relationships, helping to fill in a methodological gap in the diachronic study\n of sign languages.","PeriodicalId":44637,"journal":{"name":"Diachronica","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.6000,"publicationDate":"2024-06-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Diachronica","FirstCategoryId":"98","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1075/dia.23033.nap","RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"文学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"0","JCRName":"LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Sign languages seem not to be amenable to traditional historical reconstruction via the comparative method, making
it difficult to replicate the successes achieved in the diachronic study of spoken languages. We propose to alleviate this
difficulty with an alternative approach that draws upon nonarbitrariness and biomechanics, especially the drive for reducing
articulatory effort. We offer a demonstration of this approach, which can add confirmation to known relationships between sign
languages and new evidence in support of suspected relationships, helping to fill in a methodological gap in the diachronic study
of sign languages.
期刊介绍：
Diachronica provides a forum for the presentation and discussion of information concerning all aspects of language change in any and all languages of the globe. Contributions which combine theoretical interest and philological acumen are especially welcome. Diachronica appears three times per year, publishing articles, review articles, book reviews, and a miscellanea section including notes, reports and discussions.
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