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| Title |
Lexical Variation and Change in British Sign Language
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| Published in |
PLOS ONE, April 2014
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| DOI | 10.1371/journal.pone.0094053 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Rose Stamp, Adam Schembri, Jordan Fenlon, Ramas Rentelis, Bencie Woll, Kearsy Cormier |
| Abstract |
This paper presents results from a corpus-based study investigating lexical variation in BSL. An earlier study investigating variation in BSL numeral signs found that younger signers were using a decreasing variety of regionally distinct variants, suggesting that levelling may be taking place. Here, we report findings from a larger investigation looking at regional lexical variants for colours, countries, numbers and UK placenames elicited as part of the BSL Corpus Project. Age, school location and language background were significant predictors of lexical variation, with younger signers using a more levelled variety. This change appears to be happening faster in particular sub-groups of the deaf community (e.g., signers from hearing families). Also, we find that for the names of some UK cities, signers from outside the region use a different sign than those who live in the region. |
X Demographics
The data shown below were collected from the profiles of 36 X users who shared this research output. Click here to find out more about how the information was compiled.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 11 | 31% |
| United States | 5 | 14% |
| Australia | 3 | 8% |
| Israel | 1 | 3% |
| Netherlands | 1 | 3% |
| Curaçao | 1 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 3% |
| Unknown | 13 | 36% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 26 | 72% |
| Scientists | 9 | 25% |
| Science communicators (journalists, bloggers, editors) | 1 | 3% |
Mendeley readers
The data shown below were compiled from readership statistics for 103 Mendeley readers of this research output. Click here to see the associated Mendeley record.
Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 2 | 2% |
| Netherlands | 1 | <1% |
| Belgium | 1 | <1% |
| Australia | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 98 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Master | 18 | 17% |
| Researcher | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 14 | 14% |
| Student > Bachelor | 13 | 13% |
| Professor | 5 | 5% |
| Other | 17 | 17% |
| Unknown | 22 | 21% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Linguistics | 38 | 37% |
| Psychology | 12 | 12% |
| Social Sciences | 6 | 6% |
| Computer Science | 5 | 5% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 4 | 4% |
| Other | 14 | 14% |
| Unknown | 24 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 58. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 26 October 2023.
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