试论手语词汇的任意性和理据性  

The Arbitrariness and Iconicity of Sign Language

作　　者：刘润楠[1] 杨松[2] 

机构地区：[1]北京大学中文系,北京100871 [2]中国矿业大学北京校区文法学院,北京100083

出　　处：《中国特殊教育》2007年第5期38-42,50,共6页Chinese Journal of Special Education

摘　　要：长久以来,人们一直都强调手语词汇的理据性,而且也有很多人因为手语词汇极强的理据性而否认手语的语言地位。与之相反,本文要证明的是和汉语、英语等有声语言一样,手语词汇同时具有理据性和任意性。手语词汇的理据性和任意性是强弱、多少的关系,而不是非此即彼。同时,手语词汇的任意性也是手语具有语言资格的有力证据。For a long period of time, people have been emphasizing the iconicity of sign language. Since the vocabulary in the sign language is extremely iconic, many people have denied the status of sign language. On the contrary, this paper attempted to demonstrate that sign language possesses beth iconicity and arbitrariness, properties which are also found in phonetic languages such as Chinese and English. The relationship between iconicity and arbitrariness is based on the dimension of strength, and not on a ＂all - or - none hypothesis＂. Meanwhile, the arbitrariness of sign language is a strong proof of its status in language.

关 键 词：理据性 任意性 手语 强弱 非此即彼 

分 类 号：G762[文化科学—特殊教育学]