Abstract Previous studies on perspective in spatial signed language descriptions suggest a basic dichotomy between either a route or a survey perspective, which entails either the signer being conceptualized as a mobile agent within a life-sized scene or the signer in a fixed position as an external observer of a scaled-down scene. We challenge this dichotomy by investigating the particular couplings of vantage point position and mobility engaged during various types of spatial language produced across eight naturalistic conversations in Norwegian Sign Language. Spatial language was annotated for the purpose of the segment, the size of the environment described, the signs produced, and the location and mobility of vantage points. Analysis revealed that survey and route perspectives, as characterized in the literature, do not adequately account for the range of vantage point combinations observed in conversations (e.g., external, but mobile, vantage points). There is also some preliminary evidence that the purpose of the spatial language and the size of the environments described may also play a role in how signers engage vantage points. Finally, the study underscores the importance of investigating spatial language within naturalistic conversational contexts.

中文翻译：

---

挪威手语的空间优势

摘要先前关于空间手语描述中视角的研究提出了路线或调查视角之间的基本二分法，这意味着将签名者概念化为与实物大小场景相同的移动代理，或者将签名者固定位置作为外部场景缩小场景的观察者。我们通过调查挪威手语的八种自然主义对话中产生的各种类型的空间语言中所处的有利位置和移动性的特殊耦合，来挑战这种二分法。注释的空间语言用于该部分的目的，所描述的环境的大小，产生的标志以及有利位置的位置和移动性。分析表明，正如文献所述，调查和路线观点 不能充分考虑在对话中观察到的有利位置组合的范围（例如，外部但可移动的有利位置）。还有一些初步证据表明，空间语言的目的和所描述环境的大小也可能在签名者如何利用有利位置方面发挥作用。最后，该研究强调了在自然主义对话语境中研究空间语言的重要性。