한국수어 내러티브에 나타난 전이 구조 분석

Abstract

This study investigates transfer structures in Korean Sign Language (KSL) narratives, focusing on how Transfer of Size and Form (TF), Transfer of Person (TP), and Transfer of Situation (TS) interact to create complex viewpoint shifts. Although imagic iconicity and transfer structures have been examined in American Sign Language and French Sign Language, few, if any, studies have addresses their functions in KSL. To address this gap, we analyze the KSL retelling of the fable The Wind and the Sun, a narrative rich in perspective alternations and embodied enactment. Findings show that TP enables first-person embodiment of characters, expressing intentions, emotions, and bodily actions, while TS presents the spatial and interactive scene from an observer’s perspective. TF highlights referents’ size and shape, enhancing descriptive density. We also identify two types of double transfer: TP with TS and TP with TF. These layered structures enrich narrative perspective and meaning. This study represents the first systematic attempt to analyze KSL narratives, demonstrating the language’s expressive capacity and showing how iconicity and perspective shift interact in narrative construction.