Reflexe jazyka, řeči a komunikace v českém znakovém jazyce
The Reflexion of Language, Speech and Communication in Czech Sign Language

Summary/Abstract: As cognitive or cognitive-cultural linguistics demostrates „to be a human being”, „to understand” (oneself, the others, the world) and „to understand each other” is inseparably bound to the human ability to use language/speech; through language/speech the human being becomes rooted in the culture and the world, interprets it and assigns meaning to all of it. The same applies to human beings that cannot hear, to the deaf. In our study, we examine selected language, speech and communication issues concerning the specific aspects of the linguistic and communication situation of the Czech deaf, especially with regard to the iconicity of their natural language, i.e. Czech Sign Language. Our reflections focus mainly on its lexical or lexical-semantic level, particularly on its so-called visual symbolism (the projection of iconicity into phonology). Based on our observations, we try to describe „the linguistic worldview of (Czech) sign language” and perhaps even of the communication mediated by this language.

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