Dynamics of Form and Meaning in Co-occurrence of Sign Constructions and Mouthings

Consideration of dynamics with mouthings in meta-extended sign schema based on various theories

Abstract

We can observe simultaneous/successive occurrence of fingerspelling letters as manual signs or mouthings as nonmanual signs with sign constructions in linguistic/semiotic expression by d/Deaf or hearing signers. In this paper, we focused the mouthings co-occurred with sign constructions, and considered the linguistic/semiotic characters of mouthings by using the hyperextended semiotic schema. In addition, we analysed the dynamic behaviour of components in co-occurrence of mouthings and sign constructions by using the theory of ruby, the triangular semiotic model, the translanguaging theory, and the usage-based grammars, contributing to the sign language studies including the linguistics and semiotics.