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Peer reviewedEmmorey, Karen; McCullough, Stephen; Brentari, Diane – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2003
Two experiments examined whether Deaf signers or hearing nonsigners exhibit categorical perception (CP) for hand configuration or for place of articulation in American Sign Language. Findings that signers and nonsigners performed similarly suggests that these categories in American Sign Language have a perceptual as well as a linguistic basis.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classification, Cognitive Processes, Deafness
