Abstract

TOVAR., Lionel Antonio  and  LOPEZ, Lorenzo. Physical description in Colombian Sign Language (LSC). Leng. [online]. 2023, vol.51, n.2, pp.288-336.  Epub July 31, 2023. ISSN 0120-3479.  https://doi.org/10.25100/lenguaje.v51i2.12137.

This article continues the exploration of the functions of academic language in Colombian Sign Language (LSC), carried out by the same authors. The purpose this time is to present the characteristics of physical description in LSC, as they appear in texts produced by Deaf informants based on texts in written Spanish. It is found that, in physical description, more than in previously studied functions, the signed texts allow the description of entities in a very clear way, approaching what the spoken and written texts achieve mainly through multimedia. It is also possible to identify in them the various semantic-grammatical notions present in similar texts in Spanish. Signers constantly resort to borrowings from Spanish through manual spelling, sometimes to fill a lexical gap, others to help children recognize concepts in the written language.

Keywords : Colombian Sign Language (LSC); language planning and policy; sign language; academic discourse; academic signacy; physical description; Deaf education; bilingual education for the Deaf.

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