Haskins Publications

Number	1518
Year	2008
Drawer	27
Entry Date	01/12/2009
Authors	Cormier, K., Schembri, A. & Tyrone, M.E.
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Publication	Sing Language & Linguistics, V.11:No.1(2008), pp. 3-44.
url	http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL1518.pdf
Abstract	In this paper, we focus on the nativisation process as f fully fingerspelled word or fingerspelled letters become a fingerspelled loan or initialised sign. Previous models of nativisation (e.g., Brentari & Padden 2001) have described forms derived from one-handed fingershpelling systems; however, fingerspelling can be either one- or two-handed. Thus we propose an extension of Brentari & Padden’s model that accounts for varying degrees of nativisation based on the extent to which native parameters (i.e., native handshapes, movements, locations and native combinations of the three) exist within a given sign. According to the extended model, there are five main criteria for delineating nativisation - the extent to which: (1) forms adhere to phonological constraints of the native lexicon, (2) parameters of the forms occur in the native lexicon, (3) native elements are added, (4) non-native elements are reduced (e.g., letters lost), and (5) native elements are integrated with non-native elements.
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