DEAF 484 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Gallaudet University, Handshape, Stokoe Notation
Thursday, March 8, 2018
Introduction to Phonology and Stokoe Notation
- What is phonology?
o The study of the smallest contrastive units of language, and how those units are
organized, and how they are represented
- All those “phono” words
o Phonology as a linguistic field: the study of the smallest contrastive units of
language, how they are organized and represented
o Phonology: how units are represented in the brain; abstract representation
o Phonetics: how a sign is produced in real time
- Smallest Contrastive Units
o In order for a unit to be contrastive, replacing that unit with a different unit must
change its meaning
o Spoken Languages
▪ Individual speech sounds (phonemes)
Units in
Spoken &
Signed
Language
Phonetics:
Stokoe
Phonetics:
Movement-
Hold
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