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Prosodic Correlates of Sentences in Signed Languages: A Literature Review and Suggestions for New Types of Studies
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Ormel, Ellen; Crasborn, Onno – Sign Language Studies, 2012
This article contains a literature review of evidence of large prosodic domains that correspond to syntactic units such as a clause or a sentence. In particular, different phonetic nonmanual cues that may relate to clause or sentence boundaries are discussed in detail. On the basis of various ideas and views in the literature, we also describe two…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Sentences, Cues, Sign Language
Signs in Which Handshape and Hand Orientation Are either Not Visible or Are Only Partially Visible: What Is the Consequence for Lexical Recognition?
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ten Holt, G. A.; van Doorn, A. J.; de Ridder, H.; Reinders, M. J. T.; Hendriks, E. A. – Sign Language Studies, 2009
We present the results of an experiment on lexical recognition of human sign language signs in which the available perceptual information about handshape and hand orientation was manipulated. Stimuli were videos of signs from Sign Language of the Netherlands (SLN). The videos were processed to create four conditions: (1) one in which neither…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Visual Perception, Foreign Countries, Visual Stimuli
To Capture a Face: A Novel Technique for the Analysis and Quantification of Facial Expressions in American Sign Language
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Grossman, Ruth B.; Kegl, Judy – Sign Language Studies, 2006
American Sign Language uses the face to express vital components of grammar in addition to the more universal expressions of emotion. The study of ASL facial expressions has focused mostly on the perception and categorization of various expression types by signing and nonsigning subjects. Only a few studies of the production of ASL facial…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Grammar, Classification
Is Language Created or Manufactured?
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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Examines arguments that language comes from innate, abstract knowledge of universal grammar that signers use to create new grammatical features. (12 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Grammar
Effects of Manual Sign Use on the Expressive Language of Four Hearing Kindergarten Children.
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de Viveiros, Christy E.; McLaughlin, Thomas F. – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the effect of teaching signs on the expressive language output of young hearing children. Discusses practical application of this technique for enhancing language development. (EKN)
Descriptors: Adjectives, Adverbs, Language Acquisition, Language Enrichment
YES, #NO, Visibility and Variation in ASL and Tactile ASL
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Petronio, Karen; Dively, Valerie – Sign Language Studies, 2006
In American Sign Language (ASL), a receiver watches the signer and receives language visually. In contrast, when using tactile ASL, a variety of ASL, the deaf-blind receiver receives language by placing a hand on top of the signer's hand. In the study described in this article we compared the functions and frequency of the signs YES and #NO in…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Tactual Perception, Stimuli
The Effect of Visual Metaphor Cueing on Recall of Phonologically Similar Signs.
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Fuller, Donald R.; Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Sign Language Studies, 1987
A review of "Sign Languages Used by Deaf People, and Psycholinguistics: A Critical Evaluation" (A. Van Uden, 1986), a book "denying that ...there is any such thing as a sign language," points out that a sign language's perceived lack of phonological and morphological rules is a more social than linguistic problem. (CB)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Figurative Language, Grammatical Acceptability, Hearing Impairments