Distinguishing selection pressures in an evolving communication system: evidence from colour-naming in ‘cross signing’

Byun, Kang-Suk, Roberts, Sean G. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5990-9161, de Vos, Connie, Zeshan, Ulrike and Levinson, Stephen C. 2022. Distinguishing selection pressures in an evolving communication system: evidence from colour-naming in ‘cross signing’. Frontiers in Communication 7 , 1024340. 10.3389/fcomm.2022.1024340

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Abstract

Cross-signing – the emergence of an interlanguage between users of different sign languages – offers a rare chance to examine the evolution of a natural communication system in real time. Here using an annotated video corpus of 340 minutes, we focus on the evolution of shared colour terms over the initial weeks of first encounters and examine the role of different selectional pressures – of frequency, content, coordination and interactional context. We show that attentional factors in interaction play a crucial role.

Item Type:	Article
Date Type:	Publication
Status:	Published
Schools:	English, Communication and Philosophy
Subjects:	P Language and Literature > P Philology. Linguistics
Publisher:	Frontiers Media
ISSN:	2297-900X
Funders:	AHRC
Date of First Compliant Deposit:	22 November 2022
Date of Acceptance:	21 November 2022
Last Modified:	18 May 2023 00:55
URI:	https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/154346

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