The Mechanics of Fingerspelling: Analyzing Ethiopian Sign Language
2010; Gallaudet University Press; Volume: 11; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.1353/sls.2010.0004
ISSN1533-6263
Autores Tópico(s)Tactile and Sensory Interactions
ResumoEthiopian Sign Language utilizes a fingerspelling system that represents Amharic orthography. Just as each character of the Amharic abugida encodes a consonant-vowel sound pair, each sign in the Ethiopian Sign Language fingerspelling system uses handshape to encode a base consonant, as well as a combination of timing, placement, and orientation to encode a paired vowel. This fingerspelling system is a productive polymorphemic method of naming the written characters of the Amharic language.
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