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| Title | New Research on Bilingualism in Hearing, Native Signers of American Sign Language |
| Body | From http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1639.html Institution: Gallaudet University Program: Department of Linguistics and Translation Author: Michele Bishop Dissertation Title: Bimodal Bilingualism in Hearing, Native Signers of American Sign Language Dissertation Abstract: This dissertation describes the features of bimodal bilingualism in naturalistic discourse among hearing, native users of American Sign Language (ASL) and addresses three main questions: 1. What are the features of code-blending in bimodal communication? 2. What are the sociolinguistic/pragmatic features of bimodal communication? 3. Which model for determining a base language in mixed utterances is best able to account for code-blends? This study aims to provide a thorough description of the bimodal linguistic phenomenon known as code-blending or simultaneous signed and spoken utterances by analyzing naturalistic discourse among hearing, native signers of ASL, specifically discussing topics about childhood, language and identity. Adult, native bimodal bilinguals represent the only group of bilinguals with the potential to produce two typologically distinct, native languages simultaneously. Linguistic research on spoken language bilinguals has been driven by the attempt to determine a base or matrix language in sequential mixed utterances. However, the unique feature of mixed simultaneous utterances has not figured into the discussion to any great degree. The issue of which theoretical model (i.e. Myers-Scotton's Matrix Language Frame 1993a, Bogaerde and Baker, in press) is best able to account for code-blending is explored using data from both a pilot project done with Italian bimodal bilinguals (Bishop & Hicks forthcoming) and the current data analyzed in this study. Read the complete abstract at http://linguistlist.org/issues/17/17-1639.html . |
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