Spanish Sign Language and Classification of Numbers: Analysis and Proposal of Neologisms

ABSTRACT: Deaf people who use Spanish Sign Language (LSE) in their academic stage need the support of an LSE Interpreter who facilitates their access to the curricular content. In this sense, in order to facilitate the work of professional interpreters, lexicographic materials of the LSE acquire a special importance. The quality of the dictionaries of a language has repercussions on the quality of interpretations and translations. The objective of this research is to determine if the LSE dictionaries collect lexical units (Signs) of quality for the concepts or names of the different types of numbers. To achieve that, we have searched, analyzed and, if necessary, created Signs that meet the basic characteristics of the languages of visual-gestural modality. On the one hand, the results of our investigation allow us to assure that the lexicographical materials of the LSE present terminological deficiencies; on the other hand, in those cases where a Sign option is found for the searched word, it is common to find Signs that do not convey the meaning of the concept in question. In spite of this, LSE, like all Sign Languages, presents resources and methods to create new Signs, showing that it is a rich language, capable of transmitting any type of information.摘要：在学术阶段使用西班牙手语（LSE）的听障人士，需要西班牙手语译员的辅助以顺利获取课程内容。就此而言，为助力专业手语译员开展工作，西班牙手语的词典编纂资料显得尤为重要。语言词典的质量，对口译与翻译的质量具有直接影响。本研究旨在验证西班牙手语词典是否收录了针对各类数字概念或名称的优质词汇单元（手语符号）。为达成该研究目标，本研究开展了检索、分析工作，必要时还创制了符合视觉-手势模态语言基本特征的手语符号。一方面，研究结果证实西班牙手语的词典编纂资料存在术语缺陷；另一方面，即便在检索词汇时存在可用手语符号选项的情况下，也常出现该符号无法准确传达目标概念含义的情况。尽管如此，西班牙手语与所有手语一样，拥有创制新手语符号的资源与方法，这表明其作为一门丰富的语言，能够传递各类信息。