@article{TEXTUAL,
      recid = {4928},
      author = {Brentari, Diane and Ergin. Rabia and Senghas, Ann and Cho,  Pyeong Whan and Owens, Eli and Coppola, Marie},
      title = {Community interactions and phonemic inventories in  emerging sign languages},
      journal = {Phonology},
      address = {2021-11},
      number = {TEXTUAL},
      abstract = {In this work, we address structural, iconic and social  dimensions of the emergence of phonological systems in two  emerging sign languages. A comparative analysis is  conducted of data from a village sign language (Central  Taurus Sign Language; CTSL) and a community sign language  (Nicaraguan Sign Language; NSL). Both languages are  approximately 50 years old, but the sizes and social  structures of their respective communities are quite  different. We find important differences between the two  languages’ handshape inventories. CTSL's handshape  inventory has changed more slowly than NSL's across the  same time period. In addition, while the inventories of the  two languages are of similar size, handshape complexity is  higher in NSL than in CTSL. This work provides an example  of the unique and important perspective that emerging sign  languages offer regarding longstanding questions about how  phonological systems emerge.},
      url = {http://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/4928},
}