Social-haptic communication or social-haptic language?
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https://doi.org/10.31513/linguistica.2025.v21n1a66249Abstract
Linguistic studies have advanced significantly since the publication of Cours de Linguistique Générale (1916), which inaugurated the science of observation, description, explanation, and the teaching-learning of natural languages. This evolution has impacted various fields of science and expanded the study of languages beyond the vocal-auditory modality. However, communication through the haptic channel remains largely unexplored by linguists at multiple levels. Therefore, considering the foundational epistemology of linguistic studies, this research aims to discuss the common features of natural languages proposed by Hockett (1960), applied to Social Haptic Communication (SHC). To achieve this, the study analyzed the comprehension of a hapterized utterance reported by a deafblind participant and observed by the researchers, using a case study approach (Gil, 2008). The results indicate the equivalence of Hockett’s thirteen properties of natural languages, adapted to the specific aspects of the modality.
Keywords: Special education. Social Haptic Communication. Deafblindness. Tactile modality. Linguistic universals.
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