Initial explorations of Peruvian Sign Language (LSP) anaphora: arguments for an analysis from the dynamic semantics of donkey sentences; [Explorações iniciais da anáfora LSP: argumentos para uma análise semântica dinâmica de frases ‘donkey’]

Ramos C. · Lengua y Sociedad (2024) · DOI: 10.15381/lengsoc.v23i1.27548

Resumen

Donkey sentences, which have an anaphoric pronoun that refers to an indefinite or quantified referent, have been cons-tantly discussed in linguistics, and have given rise to two types of approaches: the dynamic and the e-type. The former seeks to rethink the traditionally used notion of pronoun, while the latter advocates discussing the notion of quantifier in relation to its syntactic scope. In this context, this paper aims to record and analyze the ‘donkey’ sentences of Peruvian Sign Language (LSP), so that we can give arguments in favor of one or the other approach. For this purpose, data has been obtained from value judgments and translation requests with a speaker, LSP-user. As a result, we have obtained that an approach based on dynamic semantics allows us to better understand the behavior of these sentences in LSP. © Los autores. Nacional Mayor.

Instituciones: Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú