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A Short Introduction to Heritage Signers
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Pichler, Deborah Chen; Lillo-Martin, Diane; Palmer, Jeffrey Levi – Sign Language Studies, 2018
Research interest in heritage speakers and their patterns of bilingual development has grown substantially over the last decade, prompting sign language researchers to consider how the concepts of heritage language and heritage speakers apply in the Deaf community. This overview builds on previous proposals that ASL [American Sign Language] and…
Descriptors: Deafness, American Sign Language, Sign Language, Native Language
On Selected Phonological Patterns in Saudi Arabian Sign Language
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Tomita, Nozomi; Kozak, Viola – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This paper focuses on two selected phonological patterns that appear unique to Saudi Arabian Sign Language (SASL). For both sections of this paper, the overall methodology is the same as that discussed in Stephen and Mathur (this volume), with some additional modifications tailored to the specific studies discussed here, which will be expanded…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Phonology, Distinctive Features (Language), Comparative Analysis
Building an "Assessment Use Argument" for Sign Language: The BSL Nonsense Sign Repetition Test
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Mann, Wolfgang; Marshall, Chloe R. – International Journal of Bilingual Education and Bilingualism, 2010
In this article, we adapt a concept designed to structure language testing more effectively, the "Assessment Use Argument" ("AUA"), as a framework for the development and/or use of sign language assessments for deaf children who are taught in a sign bilingual education setting. By drawing on data from a recent investigation of…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Language Tests
Assessment of Sign Language Development: The Case of Deaf Children in the Netherlands
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Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2010
In this article, we will describe the development of an assessment instrument for Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN) for deaf children in bilingual education programs. The assessment instrument consists of nine computerized tests in which the receptive and expressive language skills of deaf children at different linguistic levels (phonology,…
Descriptors: Phonology, Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness
Educational Resources and Implementation of a Greek Sign Language Synthesis Architecture
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Karpouzis, K.; Caridakis, G.; Fotinea, S.-E.; Efthimiou, E. – Computers and Education, 2007
In this paper, we present how creation and dynamic synthesis of linguistic resources of Greek Sign Language (GSL) may serve to support development and provide content to an educational multitask platform for the teaching of GSL in early elementary school classes. The presented system utilizes standard virtual character (VC) animation technologies…
Descriptors: Phonology, Educational Resources, Greek, Sign Language
Extrapolating from Spoken to Signed Prosody Via Laboratory Phonology.
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Kingston, John – Language and Speech, 1999
Describes how a laboratory phonologist might investigate three issues in the analysis of the prosody of signed languages: the internal structure, if any, of the signed syllable, the realization of lexical and phrasal prominence, and the marking of edges. Proposes to investigate the internal structure of the syllable by adapting psycholinguistic…
Descriptors: Oral Language, Phonology, Phrase Structure, Psycholinguistics