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Peer reviewedMarschark, Marc – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Because the relationship of gesticulation to sign language has not received much research attention, this study considers gesture and sign among users of signed and oral languages. Results suggest that gestures produced by deaf individuals can be distinguished from the sign language in which they are embedded, including their semantic and…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedPrinz, Philip M.; Masin, Louise – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Examines the effect of adult recasting in sign language on the acquisition of specific syntactic-semantic structures by deaf children aged 9 to 76 months. Results indicated that recasting triggered the acquisition of new syntactic-semantic structures in American Sign Language and English, evident in the spontaneous production of previously…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Deafness
