SLLING-L Digest - 31 Mar 2012 to 4 Apr 2012 (#2012-33)

[Sarah Hafer]

Hello Ltamar,

I thought i would add one related word to SAME in ASL and that would be one
of the variants of AGREE. The variant i am referring to is a compound sign
where you begin with the sign THINK then use the SAME sign but in an
agreement manner between person 1 and person 2. I know this is not about
other signed languages to compare with ASL's SAME as wondered by you. I
just thought this would add some interest to your question, smiles.

Sarah



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> Date:    Wed, 4 Apr 2012 22:51:22 -0400
> From:    Itamar Kastner <itamar at NYU.EDU>
> Subject: Agreement with SAME
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> Dear all,
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> I was wondering whether anyone knew of signed languages in which the signs
> for SAME, SIMILAR or IDENTICAL can mark agreement with the elements they
> are equating, as ASL SAME does.
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> For those unfamiliar with it, in ASL a Y handshape can move between two
> indices in space to indicate that their referents are similar, a-SAME-b
> (especially when one of them is the signer, 1-SAME-2, in a construction
> meaning ME-TOO or SAME-HERE); or, alternatively, the sign can move to a
> lesser degree in neutral space without agreeing with any object, in similar
> fashion to a 'plain verb'.
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> I have not been able to find anything about this in the literature and I'd
> be curious to know if a similar pattern exists in other languages.
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> Thanks,
> Itamar
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> phd student, nyu linguistics
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