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Static Versus Dynamic Stimuli in Story Retelling: First Mentions of Main Characters in Sign Language Narratives
1Department of American Culture and Literature, Faculty of Letters, Atatürk University, Erzurum, Türkiye.
Summary
Stimulus type does not significantly impact referent introduction strategies in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) narratives. Both static pictures and dynamic videos yield similar results in lexical signs (LS) and classifier predicates (CL) use.
Area of Science:
- Linguistics
- Sign Language Studies
- Cognitive Science
Background:
- Task design is crucial for linguistic elicitation.
- The effect of visual stimulus type on sign language production needs further investigation.
- Referent introduction strategies in Turkish Sign Language (TİD) are not fully understood.
Purpose of the Study:
- To investigate how static picture sequences and dynamic video clips influence referent introduction in TİD.
- To compare the use of lexical signs (LS) and classifier predicates (CL) across different visual stimuli.
- To analyze the impact of stimulus type on narrative production in sign language.
Main Methods:
- A within-subject narrative retelling task was conducted with 20 early TİD signers (10 children, 10 adults).
- Participants' use of LS, CL, and other linguistic strategies was annotated.
- Bayesian multilevel multinomial logistic regression was employed for analysis.
Main Results:
- Lexical signs (LS) were the dominant referential strategy across all participants and conditions.
- Minor variations in classifier predicate (CL) use were observed between static and dynamic stimuli.
- No statistically significant differences were found based on age or stimulus type.
Conclusions:
- Referent introduction in signed narratives is robust across different visual stimulus types.
- Findings provide methodological insights for stimulus selection in sign language research.
- The study contributes to discussions on task comparability, ecological validity, and modality-specific discourse strategies.
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