On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language
A place name sign is a linguistic-cultural marker that includes both memory and landscape. The author regards toponymic signs in Estonian Sign Language as representations of images held by the Estonian Deaf community: they reflect the geographical place, the period, the relationships of the Deaf com...
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| description | A place name sign is a linguistic-cultural marker that includes both memory and landscape. The author regards toponymic signs in Estonian Sign Language as representations of images held by the Estonian Deaf community: they reflect the geographical place, the period, the relationships of the Deaf community with hearing community, and the common and distinguishing features of the two cultures perceived by community's members.
Name signs represent an element of signlore, which includes various types of creative linguistic play. There are stories hidden behind the place name signs that reveal the etymological origin of place name signs and reflect the community's memory.
The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to introduce Estonian place name signs as Deaf signlore forms, analyse their structure and specify the main formation methods. Secondly, it interprets place-denoting signs in the light of understanding the foundations of Estonian Sign Language, Estonian Deaf education and education history, the traditions of local Deaf communities, and also of the cultural and local traditions of the dominant hearing communities. Both perspectives - linguistic and folkloristic - are represented in the current article. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-0d0b46397f954cd0a68e65f23018c78c2025-02-02T18:43:54ZengSciendoJournal of Ethnology and Folkloristics1736-65182228-09872011-05-0142315453On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign LanguageLiina Paales0University of TartuA place name sign is a linguistic-cultural marker that includes both memory and landscape. The author regards toponymic signs in Estonian Sign Language as representations of images held by the Estonian Deaf community: they reflect the geographical place, the period, the relationships of the Deaf community with hearing community, and the common and distinguishing features of the two cultures perceived by community's members. Name signs represent an element of signlore, which includes various types of creative linguistic play. There are stories hidden behind the place name signs that reveal the etymological origin of place name signs and reflect the community's memory. The purpose of this article is twofold. Firstly, it aims to introduce Estonian place name signs as Deaf signlore forms, analyse their structure and specify the main formation methods. Secondly, it interprets place-denoting signs in the light of understanding the foundations of Estonian Sign Language, Estonian Deaf education and education history, the traditions of local Deaf communities, and also of the cultural and local traditions of the dominant hearing communities. Both perspectives - linguistic and folkloristic - are represented in the current article.https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/54Estonian Deaf communityEstonian Sign Languagesignlorename signsEstonian place name signs |
| spellingShingle | Liina Paales On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language Journal of Ethnology and Folkloristics Estonian Deaf community Estonian Sign Language signlore name signs Estonian place name signs |
| title | On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language |
| title_full | On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language |
| title_fullStr | On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language |
| title_full_unstemmed | On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language |
| title_short | On the System of Place Name Signs in Estonian Sign Language |
| title_sort | on the system of place name signs in estonian sign language |
| topic | Estonian Deaf community Estonian Sign Language signlore name signs Estonian place name signs |
| url | https://www.jef.ee/index.php/journal/article/view/54 |
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