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  • Linguistics
  • Language Acquisition
  • Sociolinguistics

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  • No established sign language or intergenerational transmission recorded in Vanuatu.
  • Deaf children gathered at a school in Port Vila, fostering a new sign language.
  • Emerging sign languages show linguistic devices for argument structure develop over time.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the longitudinal emergence of argument marking devices in a new sign language in Vanuatu.
  • To analyze the development of linguistic strategies in the first cohort of signers.
  • To compare language change with existing sign languages to understand its origins.

Main Methods:

  • Studied six deaf children (ages 8-14) in Vanuatu over two years.
  • Elicited spontaneous descriptions of transitive events using a communicative task.
  • Analyzed argument marking strategies including word order, use of space, and classifiers.

Main Results:

  • Observed a decrease in constructed action and an increase in spatial marking, classifiers, and verb modulation.
  • Few significant changes were noted in word order.
  • Changes in argument marking were distinct from those observed in Fiji Sign Language.

Conclusions:

  • The observed changes in argument marking are attributed to sustained community use within Vanuatu.
  • The emergence of linguistic devices is driven by community interaction rather than language contact.
  • This study documents the natural development of linguistic features in a newly forming sign language.