Sandler Wendy
Department of English Language and Literature, The University of Haifa, 31905 Haifa, Israel,
Lingua. 2010 Dec 1;120(12):2727-2732. doi: 10.1016/j.lingua.2010.03.015.
Evidence from sign language strongly supports three positions: (1) language is a coherent system with universal properties; (2) sign languages diverge from spoken languages in some aspects of their structure; and (3) domain-external factors can be identified that account for some crucial aspects of language structure -- uniform and diverse -- in both modalities. Assuming that any of these positions excludes the others defeats the purpose of the enterprise.
(1)语言是一个具有普遍特性的连贯系统;(2)手语在结构的某些方面与口语不同;(3)可以识别出领域外部因素,这些因素可以解释两种形式的语言结构的一些关键方面——统一的和多样的。假设这些观点中的任何一个排除其他观点,都会破坏这项事业的目的。