摘要：In this corpus-based study on habituals in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT), we investigate the manual and non-manual marking of habituality in naturalistic data. We show that both reduplication of the predicate and adverbials with a habitual flavor are used in habitual contexts, but both of these manual markers appear to be optional. As for non-manual markers, even more variation is attested; left-to-right head and body movements and narrowed eyes are the most frequently occurring non-manuals in habitual contexts but are by no means obligatory. The findings contrast with the results reported in two previous studies on habituals in NGT (Hoiting Oomen 2016), which can be partially explained by the fact that these studies used elicitation methods. As such, the present study underscores the importance of using a combination of different methods in investigating linguistic phenomena.
关键词：Sign Language of the Netherlands;aspect;habitual;non-manual marking;reduplication;corpus
