중국수어 단어형성에 관한 기술적 연구: 형태·음운론적 특성을 중심으로

Abstract

This paper aims at investigating morpho-phonological structure on the modality-specific word formation of Chinese Sign Language (CSL) in terms of their modulations in the context of Movement-Position hold interaction. The three major goals are as follows: First, to demonstrate the internal structure of syllables and the existence of morphemes; second, to illustrate the characteristics of six different syllable types; third, to give a description of the phonological processes that occur in morphologically complex words. The results show that most signs that occur in six types of syllables in the CSL data are both monosyllabic and monomorphemic. However, polysyllabic monomorphemic signs and polymorphemic monosyllabic signs also exist in CSL. Finally, an array of phonological processes, including assimilation, coalescence, metathesis, and deletion is observed either on the lexical level or on the post-lexical level in connected signing.