上海手语的音节结构

On the Syllable Structure in Shanghai Sign Language

文章以上海自然手语为语料,根据当代手语音系学理论,对上海手语的音系结构进行分析。文章认为上海手语的"手势"首先是音系结构中的音节单位,大多数也是最小语义单位,并能独立运用,即上海手语的单词以单音节单语素为主体。但上海手语也有单音节双语素或双音节单语素结构。文章认为手势的运动和位置是上海手语中的两种基本音段,运动是音节的音核;位置在其前后不与运动相邻的情况下也可以成为音核。音核是手语中承载手形变化、方向变化和次要运动的基本形式。

This study, based on the phonological theory of contemporary sign language, makes an analysis of the phonological structure of Shanghai Sign Language （SSL）. The authors think that a ＂sign＂ in SSL is in fact a syllable, and usually the smallest semantic unit, which can be used independently as a monosyllabic morpheme. However, SSL contains disyllabic mono-morphemes and bimorphemic monosyllables. The authors believe that the movement and location of the ＂sign＂ are the two basic segments in SSL, with the movement being the syllable nu- cleus, and the location also being likely to serve as the syllable nucleus if it is not adjacent to the movement. The syllable nucleus is the basic form suppomng handshape changes, orientational changes and secondary movement in SSL.