USE OF LEXICAL VERB FORMS IN PERSONAL EXPERIENCE NARRATIVES IN CHILEAN SIGN LANGUAGE
Abstract
Verb signs are considered as key resources for articulating any kind of discourse in all languages, either signed or spoken. Accordingly, this study aims to describe Lexical Verb Forms (LVF) in narrative discourse produced by Deaf students, users of Chilean Sign Language (LSCh). Our corpus, formed by 42 narratives, was annotated and analyzed by a team of Deaf and hearing researchers. Three types of LVF were found, which are also described in other sign languages: plain, directional and spatial verbs. We observed that the theme of the narrative was more influential in the type of verbs used than the narrative section and its discursive function. These findings contribute to the linguistic description of LSCh and its social value, as well as to inform education professionals’ formation, both teachers of LSCh as L1 and teachers of written Spanish as L2.
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