香港手语中具有对比性的动作种类和特征

Contrastive movement types and features in Hong Kong Sign Language

本文通过观察和归纳,应用区别的概念,从音系学的角度分析手语语料。手语动作可分为路径动作和局部动作两类。路径动作包含切点和形状等特征。局部动作又可再分为导向改变和开合改变,各自包含其相关的特征。另外,动作的重复、返回和颤动,都可作为词汇对比,据此本文将提出相关的非限定特征。

Based on observation data,this paper applies the principle of distinctive features in phonology to movement analysis in Hong Kong Sign Language(HKSL).Path movement and local movement are two classes of movement in signs.Path movement contains setting and shape features.Local movement is subcategorized into orientation change and aperture change,the two of which have their own terminal features.There still exist other movement properties like repetitions,returning and trills which show lexical contrasts.Their corresponding formal features will also be discussed.