Fonologia da Língua de Sinais: Discorrendo acerca dos modelos fonológicos

Roberto Cesar Reis da Costa

doi:10.14393/LL63-v37n2-2021-16

Authors

Roberto Cesar Reis da Costa UFBA/Professor Assistente http://orcid.org/0000-0003-2373-6929

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.14393/LL63-v37n2-2021-16

Keywords:

Linguistics, Phonology, Phonological models, Sign languages

Abstract

In a traditional view, phonology refers to the field of linguistics that deals with the study of language sounds. Even though sign languages are not based on sounds, they are also made up of smaller units, and such units ratify that there is a phonological analysis level for them. Drawing on a literature review, the present research aimed at exploring the phonological models which have been proposed for the analysis of sign languages. This article addresses the following phonological models: Quiremic Model (QM), Movement-Hold Model (MHM), Hand-Tier Model (HTM), Moraic Model (MM), Dependence Phonology Model (DPM), Visual Phonology Model (VPM), and Prosodic Model (PM). These models are described based on the contributions by Brentari (1998) and Costa (2012), in addition to the main scholars who defend each of these models.

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Author Biography

Roberto Cesar Reis da Costa, UFBA/Professor Assistente

Assistant Professor at the Institute of Languages and Arts, Federal University of Bahia (UFBA).

Translator/Interpreter of Brazilian Sign Language, English and Portuguese.

M.A. in Language and Culture by the Postgraduate Program in Language and Culture (PPGLinC / UFBA).

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