- Title
- Sentential negation in South African Sign Language: A case study
- Creator
- De Barros, Courtney, Siebörger, Ian
- Subject
- To be catalogued
- Date
- 2016
- Type
- text
- Type
- article
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10962/385377
- Identifier
- vital:68013
- Identifier
- xlink:href=" https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-4acb542a9"
- Description
- As with other sign languages, South African Sign Language (SASL) expresses negation using both manual and non-manual features. In this case study, naturalistic data provided by two native signers of SASL are analysed to show the syntactic relationship between these two sets of features. Using a Principles and Parameters approach and Government and Binding Theory, we investigate the syntactic scope of negation in our SASL data. We observe that side-to-side headshake, as a non-manual feature, appears to be the chief clausal negator in SASL, with a clause-final manual negative particle, NOT, playing a secondary role. We describe the negative headshake as a featural affix which is base-generated in the head of NegP and triggers V-to- Neg raising. The negative particle NOT appears to be base-generated in the Specifier of NegP. Suggestions for further syntactic research on SASL are provided.
- Format
- computer, online resource, application/pdf, 1 online resource (13 pages), pdf
- Publisher
- Sabinet
- Language
- English
- Relation
- Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies, De Barros, C. and Siebörger1, I., 2016. Sentential negation in South African Sign Language: a case study. Literator: Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies, 37(2), pp.1-13, Journal of Literary Criticism, Comparative Linguistics and Literary Studies volume 37 number 2 p.1 2016 2219-8237
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- Rights
- Open Access
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