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ANCHORING is amodal: Evidence from a signed language.
Qatherine Andan1, Outi Bat-El2, Diane Brentari3
1Northeastern University, 360 Huntington Ave, Boston, MA, USA.
Cognition
|August 14, 2018
Summary
Linguistic constraints like ANCHORING apply to American Sign Language (ASL) signs, not just spoken words. This suggests some language rules are universal and independent of modality.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Psycholinguistics
- Sign Language Studies
Background:
- Linguistic preferences for certain forms over others are observed across spoken languages.
- It remains unclear if these preferences are abstract constraints or specific to spoken modality.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate whether linguistic constraints identified in spoken languages apply to sign languages.
- Specifically, to test the ANCHORING constraint on reduplicated forms in American Sign Language (ASL).
Main Methods:
- Two experiments were conducted with native ASL signers.
- Participants rated the acceptability of novel reduplicated signs violating (ABA) or obeying (ABB) the ANCHORING constraint.
- Methods included forced-choice tasks and individual sign ratings.
Main Results:
- Signers demonstrated a preference for reduplicated forms that obey the ANCHORING constraint (ABB) over those that violate it (ABA).
- This preference was consistent across both experimental setups.
Conclusions:
- The ANCHORING constraint is operative in American Sign Language (ASL).
- Findings suggest that some linguistic constraints are amodal, applying to both signed and spoken languages.
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