Numeral Variation in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages

Autor/inn/en	Safar, Josefina; Le Guen, Olivier; Collí, Geli Collí; Hau, Merli Collí
Titel	Numeral Variation in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages
Quelle	In: Sign Language Studies, 18 (2018) 4, S.488-516 (29 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0302-1475
Schlagwörter	Sign Language; American Indians; Rural Areas; Numbers; Language Patterns; Sociolinguistics; Language Variation; Language Research; Interpersonal Communication; Interviews; Nonverbal Communication; Language Attitudes; Barriers; Foreign Countries; Mexico + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Gebärdensprache; American Indian; Indianer; Rural area; Ländlicher Raum; Zahlenraum; Sprachmodell; Sprachstruktur; Soziolinguistik; Sprachenvielfalt; Sprachforschung; Interpersonale Kommunikation; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Non-verbal communication; Nonverbale Kommunikation; Sprachverhalten; Ausland; Mexiko
Abstract	In this article, we examine various strategies used to express cardinal numbers in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages (YMSLs) from three historically unrelated communities in Yucatán, Mexico: Chicán, Nohkop, and Cepeda Peraza. Our findings describe some numeral strategies, which remained unattested in previous accounts, and demonstrate that YMSL numerals exhibit patterns of systematic inter- and intracommunity variation as a result of linguistic and sociolinguistic factors. These patterns are still in process of becoming solidified and a high level of individual variation persists. The analysis of numerals in YMSLs provides us with an excellent opportunity to observe the emergence of sociolinguistic variation in young village sign languages. Our study is based on data from elicitation, natural conversations, and interviews, and takes into account several aspects: the influence of Yucatec Maya gestures on the formation of YMSL numeral signs, the regional and intracommunity distribution of numeral signs and numeral strategies, the impact of literacy on YMSL number expression, the existence of familylects and community members' language attitudes. Finally, we discuss some methodological challenges to studying variation in rural sign languages. (As Provided).
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