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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
Peer reviewedHildebrandt, Ursula; Corina, David – Language and Cognitive Processes, 2002
Investigates deaf and hearing subjects' ratings of American Sign Language (ASL) signs to assess whether linguistic experience shapes judgments of sign similarity. Findings are consistent with linguistic theories that posit movement and location as core structural elements of syllable structure in ASL. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Linguistic Theory
