WARIANTYWNOŚĆ PREDYKACJI KLASYFIKATOROWYCH W POLSKIM JĘZYKU MIGOWYM – BADANIE PILOTAŻOWE
VARIATION IN CLASSIFIER PREDICATIONS IN POLISH SIGN LANGUAGE: A PILOT STUDY

Summary/Abstract: This paper describes the findings of a pilot research on the application of object classifiers and body parts in classifier predications referring to one designatum, i.e. the dog in the picture story Frog, Where Are You?. The research showed that the frequency of the classifiers in informants’ texts varied. One classifier type prevailed when describing the majority of situations. Moreover, for each classifier type used in a given situation, there was a clear predominance of one of the possible shapes of hand, while the remaining ones were similar to it. From among body part classifiers, the least specific shapes of hand prevailed, which rendered the look of dog head to the smallest extent. These observations prove a high level of grammaticalisation of object classifiers and poorly specific body part classifiers.

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