Nonlinguistic, Paralinguistic And Linguistic Eye - From Sensory Function To Communicative Function

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to elucidate the relationship among three types of eyes: [E1] Eye to See, [E2] Eye to Show (Social/Communicational Eye), and [E3] Eye as Emotional Expression, through their linguistic nature—whether it is (1) Nonlinguistic Eye, (2) Paralinguistic Eye, or (3) Linguistic Eye. I compared eye in Indian classical dance in Natyashastra and JSL (Japanese Sign Language), which has the most sophisticated rule-governed eye. I found phonemes and morphemes in Indian classical dance. Through analysis of these eyes, the universal direction which makes eye to be sophisticated from the act of seeing was clarified.