ANALYSIS OF LINGUISTIC VARIATIONS IN SIGN LANGUAGE

• DOI: 10.22533/at.ed.929262230087

• Palavras-chave: Sign language, Grammar of Sign language, Linguistic Variation of Sign language.

• Keywords: Sign language, Grammar of Sign language, Linguistic Variation of Sign language.

• Abstract:

  This article describes some studies and findings on possible linguistic variations in some signs of the Brazilian Sign Language - Sign language. In order to understand the variations, the article presents a quick study on certain linguistic aspects of Sign language, such as the concept of culture and deaf community, a brief history of sign languages, the first research in Brazil on Sign language, the first phonological parameters proposed for sign language and the parameters that are currently used for the description of Sign language. Both diatopic variations and diastratic variations found in Sign language are presented and analyzed. Variations were found in the signs used in the states of São Paulo and Rio de Janeiro for the color WHITE; at SAD signs, in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Mato Grossodo Sul; at the BUT and GREEN signs in São Paulo, Paraná and Rio de Janeiro; our TRAVEL signs, in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro and Minas Gerais. All these signs present regional variants at the phonological level. The signs STEALING and SEX, which are variations found in different social strata, are also analyzed, highlighting the most polite way of pointing out certain signs. For analysis of variations, the phonological parameters of each signal are described. The parameters adopted in this study are those proposed by Stokoe in 1960, namely, Hand Configuration (CM), Location (L), Movement (M), together with Hand Orientation (Or) and Non-Manual Expressions (NME) , which were proposed by Battison, in 1974, as a complement to the previous ones.

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