Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy

Musical Visual Vernacular (VVm) is a new expression style developed amog Italian deaf people from 2008. VVm represents a new way of sign articulation related to the perception of the sound vibrations. Till now, only two VVm examples are known, and these are two Italian works-art. The analysis of VVm...

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Main Author: Anna Ambra Zaghetto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Université de liège 2012-12-01
Series:Signata
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Online Access:http://journals.openedition.org/signata/934
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description Musical Visual Vernacular (VVm) is a new expression style developed amog Italian deaf people from 2008. VVm represents a new way of sign articulation related to the perception of the sound vibrations. Till now, only two VVm examples are known, and these are two Italian works-art. The analysis of VVm performances (videorecording) clarifies the evolution of this style and his structure and organization. Data, collected between 2010 and 2011, show that VVm performances are based on the correlation of two different semantic dominions: on the one hand, the linguistic dominion (sign language), and, on the other hand, the music/sound dominion. The result is highly iconic and it can be defined as a sequence of images (based on the linguistic system) equally undertsndable by deaf or hearing audience. In this perspective linguistic and music signs are combined to create a new semiological space in which new meanings crop out from a common ground layer.
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spelling doaj.art-1b916e6f5cc84427830731eed62333ae2022-12-21T23:38:51ZengUniversité de liègeSignata2032-98062012-12-01327329810.4000/signata.934Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from ItalyAnna Ambra ZaghettoMusical Visual Vernacular (VVm) is a new expression style developed amog Italian deaf people from 2008. VVm represents a new way of sign articulation related to the perception of the sound vibrations. Till now, only two VVm examples are known, and these are two Italian works-art. The analysis of VVm performances (videorecording) clarifies the evolution of this style and his structure and organization. Data, collected between 2010 and 2011, show that VVm performances are based on the correlation of two different semantic dominions: on the one hand, the linguistic dominion (sign language), and, on the other hand, the music/sound dominion. The result is highly iconic and it can be defined as a sequence of images (based on the linguistic system) equally undertsndable by deaf or hearing audience. In this perspective linguistic and music signs are combined to create a new semiological space in which new meanings crop out from a common ground layer.http://journals.openedition.org/signata/934perceptionsign languagesemanticssound
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Signata
perception
sign language
semantics
sound
title Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy
title_full Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy
title_fullStr Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy
title_full_unstemmed Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy
title_short Musical Visual Vernacular. How the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language: An example from Italy
title_sort musical visual vernacular how the deaf people translate the sound vibrations into the sign language an example from italy
topic perception
sign language
semantics
sound
url http://journals.openedition.org/signata/934
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