DEAF 484 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Reduplication, Handshape, Part Of Speech
Thursday, May 3, 2018
Morphology continued
- What is morphology?
o The study of the smallest meaningful units of language
- What are the meaningful units?
o Morphemes (for both spoken and signed languages)
o Free – fully conceptualized on its own
o Bound – relies on another morpheme for its conceptualization
- Adding a morpheme to a root will do one of two things
o Change the lexical category of the root – derivational morphology
o Keep the lexical category of the root the same – inflectional morphology
- Affixation
o What is an affix?
▪ Something added to a word or sign
o How can it happen in ASL?
▪ Adding an agent
▪ What is the difference between DRAW vs. DRAW+AGENT
• DRAW = 1 morpheme (free)
• DRAW+AGENT = 2 morphemes (bound)
- Compounds
o 2 free morphemes when combined together creates a new word with meaning
o 3 rules
▪ NDH has weak hand anticipation
▪ First hold is a single sequence and can’t be duplicated
▪ First hold is also the first contact
- Numerical Incorporation
o Numerical handshapes are added into conventional frames (both bound) to add
quantity to a sign
o A bound numeral handshape is inserted into a conventional frame containing other
parameters
o 5 parameters
Frame
Specifier
Location
Movement
Palm Orientation
NMS
Handshape
**can’t have one without the other**
- Verb Inflection
o How does English inflect verbs?
o What about ASL?
o What are ways verbs are inflected?
▪ TO MATCH PERSON (who, whom)
• I-GIVE-YOU, YOU-HELP-OTHER
▪ TO MATCH MANNER (how, how long)
• STUDY-QUICKLY, DRIVE-CAREFULLY
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Document Summary
What is morphology: the study of the smallest meaningful units of language. What are the meaningful units: morphemes (for both spoken and signed languages, free fully conceptualized on its own, bound relies on another morpheme for its conceptualization. Adding a morpheme to a root will do one of two things: change the lexical category of the root derivational morphology, keep the lexical category of the root the same inflectional morphology. Compounds: 2 free morphemes when combined together creates a new word with meaning, 3 rules, ndh has weak hand anticipation, first hold is a single sequence and can"t be duplicated, first hold is also the first contact. Numerical incorporation: numerical handshapes are added into conventional frames (both bound) to add quantity to a sign, a bound numeral handshape is inserted into a conventional frame containing other parameters, 5 parameters. Verb inflection: how does english inflect verbs, what about asl, what are ways verbs are inflected, to match person (who, whom)
