Podstawowy szyk zdania w słoweńskim języku migowym (SZJ) to szyk podmiot-orzeczenie-dopełnienie (SVO). Wskazuje na to analiza zdań bez topikalizacji czy fokalizacji, zawierających czasowniki ...przechodnie i dwuprzechodnie, wyprodukowanych w trakcie zadania polegającego na opisie obrazów (Picture Description Task) przez informatorów, których pierwszym językiem jest SZJ. Dane pokazują również, że modalność wizualno-gestowa, z której korzysta SZJ, ma wpływ na linearyzację, ponieważ predykaty klasyfikujące oparte na modalności wizualnej wymagają użycia nacechowanego w tym języku szyku SOV.ABSTRACT The basic sign order in Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ) is Subject-Verb-Object (SVO). This is shown by analysing non-topicalised or focalised transitive and ditransitive sentences that were elicited from first language SZJ informants using Picture Description Task. The data further reveal that the visual-gestural modality, through which SZJ is transmitted, plays a role in linearization since visually influenced classifier predicates trigger the non-basic SOV sign order in this language.
Background: Deaf users of Slovenian Sign Language vary in competence between L1, delayed L1 and L2. They follow the grammatical patterns of their language but are unaware of them because the language ...is neither linguistically documented nor systematically used in the classroom. As a result, the available learning and teaching materials are inadequately prepared in many aspects.
Purpose: The aim of this research was to create a reference grammar of SZJ by (i) using SZJ for metalinguistic descriptions and (ii) training Deaf signers as researchers and teachers. We observed their performance in order to answer the research question of whether it is possible to involve Deaf signers in the process of creating and disseminating a sign language reference grammar.
Method: Training a group of deaf L1 signers to (i) start systematic research of their language within a selected formal approach, (ii) create didactic video materials for learning/teaching Slovenian Sign Language as L1 and L2, and (iii) use these materials in language courses for L1 and L2 deaf signers.
Results: Eleven deaf L1 signers were trained as researchers in a 40-hour course. Five deaf and two hearing L1 signers were trained as language teachers in another 40-hour course and then presented the core concepts of Slovenian Sign Language grammar to 302 members of 12 local Slovenian deaf clubs in 24 editions of a 40-hour language course. For the presentations, they used didactic video materials (duration 5:46 hours). These materials were produced by the five L1 signers and later uploaded to two freely accessible online video platforms.
Conclusion: The approach proved fruitful: signers were actively involved in the creation and dissemination of the first Slovenian Sign Language reference grammar. The available analytics show that the materials are continuously viewed by both deaf and hearing users.
Uporabniki jezikov z glasovno-slušnim prenosnikom se pri zaznavi jezikovnih izrazov osredotočajo na fonološke oznake glasov in ne na njihove jezikovno nerelevantne značilnosti, ki lahko variirajo med ...drugim glede na spol, starost in čustveno ali zdravstveno stanje govorca. Na enak način izražanje v svojem jeziku zaznavajo uporabniki jezikov z gibalno-vidim prenosnikom, čeprav so fonološke oznake v teh jezikih posredovane z drugimi fizikalnimi količinami, kot smo jih vajeni jezikoslovci - in so posledično slabše raziskane. V članku so z metodo minimalnih parov predstavljene fonološke oznake iz štirih naravnih razredov (gibanja, oblike dlani, mesta kretanja in mimike) ter njihove funkcije (razlikovalna, odvisna in prosta oznaka) v slovenskem znakovnem jeziku (SZJ).
Minority languages are often given less importance than national languages, especially when the languages differ in their modalities. In addition, the hearing majority often do not recognise sign ...languages, leading to prejudice and discrimination against them. Apart from the theoretical relevance of the study of sign languages for linguistic research, linguistic studies have proved crucial in reducing the social and cultural isolation of Deaf communities. At the same time, the specific sociolinguistics of sign languages must be considered when conducting such linguistic research. This paper presents relevant background information that needs to be considered when conducting research on the grammar of Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ), as well as the research topics in SZJ linguistics that have been addressed in recent decades.
In both sign and spoken languages, locative relations tend to be encoded within constructions that display the non-basic word/sign order. In addition, in such an environment, sign languages ...habitually use a distinct predicate type – a classifier predicate – which may independently affect the order of constituents in the sentence. In this paper, I present Slovenian Sign Language (SZJ) locative constructions, in which (i) the argument that enables spatial anchoring (“ground”) precedes both the argument that requires spatial anchoring (“figure”) and the predicate. At the same time, (ii) the relative order of the figure with respect to the predicate depends on the type of predicate employed: a non-classifier predicate precedes the figure, while a classifier predicate only comes after the figure.
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