Words/signs deriving from the same stem

[Nicole Kuplenik]

Thanks for your comments,

it has really come in very handy. I agree, SL stems have to be taken
separately from translations into spoken language. I haven't done any
research work regarding this (I'm a Slovene teacher at a school for the
deaf), but I have been following some research being conducted lately and I
think most of it as been done on the base of spoken language (translated
into SL). Also, the analisys of SL has been done by (grammatical and
syntactical) criteria for spoken languages, which I think is not correct.

I would like to ask you some questions regarding the structure of Greek SL
dictionaries: how the meanings of signs are translated. Actually, I'm
interested in how the derivational classes are assessed.
I have only checked the ASL dictionary (Elaine Costello, Random House) and
British SL dictionary (British Deaf Association). In the first one, main
sign translations are mostly one deriv. class (noun, adjective), though,
additional meanings - additional deriv. classes are written. In the second
one, signs with stem-meaning are not denotated as any class, but all
meanings of the gloss are listed. In the dictionary of Slovene SL,
derivational classes are not defined, although, most translations appear as
only one derivational class (e.g. CALCULUS without CALCULATE, although the
sign has the nominal as well as verbal meaning).

Best,
Nicole Kuplenik



----- Original Message -----
From: G Sapountzaki <Galini.Sapountzaki at BRISTOL.AC.UK>
To: <SLLING-L at ADMIN.HUMBERC.ON.CA>
Sent: Sunday, March 31, 2002 5:46 PM
Subject: Re: Words/signs deriving from the same stem


> I would rather assess them by their sign stem, if the internal
> structure of Slovenian (or any other) SL is the subject of your
> research (particularly so if you focus on morphology) rather than
> depend on their rough equivalent translation in their superstrate
> spoken language. i am working on semantic / syntactic changes in TAM
> signs in Greek SL and whenever I have described a sign by its meaning
> in spoken greek, the relations between signs of the same sign-family
> (i.e. with the same root) are blurred and I can only focus on the
> translation.
> However, I can see the point of of assessing them in the spoken
> language, too, if you only want to give a straightforward glossing of
> the meaning of a sentence or if you intend to make a handy bilingual
> list of signs or dictionary to be used by signers and non-signers.
>
> Please correct me if I am wrong, because I am not so experienced -
> sometimes I just work methods out by 'trial and error' procedures!
>
> Galini Sapountzaki
>
>
> Quoting Nicole Kuplenik <nicole.kuplenik at GUEST.ARNES.SI>:
>
> >
> > I have a problem regarding signs deriving from the same stem: how are
> > > they assessed in SLs? The usual definiton (for spoken languages) is
> > > "words, derived from the same root stem and bearing a
> similar/related
> > > meaning". In SLs, is it assessed by the sign stem, which can/could
> be
> > > found in the dez/sig/tab, (e.g. TRAVEL and TRIP which in Slovenian
> SL
> > > share the same dez and tab, but differ in sig; the meaning is more
> or
> > > less different), or by the meaning (e.g. DOCTOR, HEALTH/HEALING, >
> MEDICINE, which are related in meaning and derived from the same stem
> > in > Slovenian spoken language, whereas in Slovenian SL, the signs
> differ
> > > very much in dez/sig/tab)?
> >
> > Looking forward to any answers ...
> >
> > Nicole Kuplenik
> >
> >
> > PS: Where do I find SL-Ling Archives? They've got deleted from my >
> favourites ... Help!
> >
>
>
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