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From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
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Article Abstract
The article looks into the question of negative affixation in Polish Sign Language (PJM). Until today only one negative prefix and one negative suffix were recognized in PJM. Our research investigates further these two affixes looking into their etymologies, constraints, and new examples of their use. The negative prefix (NEG1–) results from PJM’s contact with spoken Polish, while the negative suffix (–NEG2) is an element native to PJM. Aside from a more in-depth analysis of the previously known affixes, our research uncovers new suffixes (–NEG3 and –NEG4), an interfix (–NEG1–), and a postfix (–NEG5). The interfix has the same origin as the negative prefix. The suffix –NEG3 comes from a sign meaning “lack of something.” The suffix –NEG4 originates from a natural gesture. The postfix is a result of a combination of a natural gesture and a sign.
Author Bios
Piotr Tomaszewski (ORCiD: 0000-0002-4083-067X; tomasz@psych.uw.edu.pl) is an assistant professor and scientist at the University of Warsaw (UW), Department of Psychology. His interests in research include sign linguistics and psycholinguistics. Wiktor Eźlakowski (ORCiD: 0000-0002-5107-8890; wiktor.ezlakowski@student.uj.edu.pl or w.ezlakowski@student.uw.edu.pl) is a PhD student at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the University of Warsaw where he studies sign linguistics, concentrating on the evolution of Polish Sign Language.
VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "At what age should students start thinking about possible careers?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: Children can learn anything. They can learn—they're never too old to learn, or even too young to learn anything about different things in life, about different jobs and different careers.
They should be encouraged to talk with their parents or families about different jobs they are doing.
If anyone wants to become an engineer or a scientist, they should start early, maybe as early as fourth, fifth, or sixth grade. This is important because when they're ready to enter junior high or high school, they will receive all four years of high school math, four years of high school science, four years of high school English, plus some other courses.
They'll be better prepared to enter college and choose to study more advanced science or engineering or business, or whatever. So it’s important that they get their earliest start while they’re in school, and start to think about this maybe during their elementary school years. That’ll better prepare them for the future.
From the Manifold edition of LET'S GO IN: MY JOURNEY TO A UNIVERSITY PRESIDENCY by T. Alan Hurwitz: gallaudetupress.manifoldapp.org/projects/let-s-go-in
This video may not be repurposed or incorporated into other works in any way without the express written consent of the signer and the authors.
Article Abstract
The article looks into the question of negative affixation in Polish Sign Language (PJM). Until today only one negative prefix and one negative suffix were recognized in PJM. Our research investigates further these two affixes looking into their etymologies, constraints, and new examples of their use. The negative prefix (NEG1–) results from PJM’s contact with spoken Polish, while the negative suffix (–NEG2) is an element native to PJM. Aside from a more in-depth analysis of the previously known affixes, our research uncovers new suffixes (–NEG3 and –NEG4), an interfix (–NEG1–), and a postfix (–NEG5). The interfix has the same origin as the negative prefix. The suffix –NEG3 comes from a sign meaning “lack of something.” The suffix –NEG4 originates from a natural gesture. The postfix is a result of a combination of a natural gesture and a sign.
Author Bios
Piotr Tomaszewski (ORCiD: 0000-0002-4083-067X; tomasz@psych.uw.edu.pl) is an assistant professor and scientist at the University of Warsaw (UW), Department of Psychology. His interests in research include sign linguistics and psycholinguistics. Wiktor Eźlakowski (ORCiD: 0000-0002-5107-8890; wiktor.ezlakowski@student.uj.edu.pl or w.ezlakowski@student.uw.edu.pl) is a PhD student at the Jagiellonian University in Kraków and the University of Warsaw where he studies sign linguistics, concentrating on the evolution of Polish Sign Language.
VIDEO DESC & TRANSCRIPT: A blue card with white lettering appears for ten seconds. It says "At what age should students start thinking about possible careers?"
Dr. T. Alan Hurwitz, an older white man with white hair, a white beard, and dark-rimmed glasses wearing a bluish-gray buttoned-up shirt stands before a white wall and begins to sign in ASL.
ALAN: Children can learn anything. They can learn—they're never too old to learn, or even too young to learn anything about different things in life, about different jobs and different careers.
They should be encouraged to talk with their parents or families about different jobs they are doing.
If anyone wants to become an engineer or a scientist, they should start early, maybe as early as fourth, fifth, or sixth grade. This is important because when they're ready to enter junior high or high school, they will receive all four years of high school math, four years of high school science, four years of high school English, plus some other courses.
They'll be better prepared to enter college and choose to study more advanced science or engineering or business, or whatever. So it’s important that they get their earliest start while they’re in school, and start to think about this maybe during their elementary school years. That’ll better prepare them for the future.
