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Direct linkWhitworth, Cecily – Sign Language Studies, 2011
This article argues for the necessity of phonetic analysis in signed language linguistics and presents a case study of one analytical system being used in a preliminary attempt to identify natural classes and investigate variation in ASL handshapes. Robbin Battison (1978) first described what is now a widely accepted list of basic handshapes,…
Descriptors: Phonetics, Phonemes, Deafness, Phonetic Analysis
Peer reviewedMabbott, Ann Sax – Foreign Language Annals, 1994
This article discusses case studies of subjects labeled as learning disabled (LD) who have gained a degree of proficiency in a second language. The subjects' performance on written dictations, oral readings, and comprehension after oral and silent reading are compared qualitatively between their first and second language. (60 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Comparative Analysis, Dictation, Error Analysis (Language)
Peer reviewedO'Brien, Teresa – Applied Linguistics, 1995
Presents a case study comparing a native-speaker undergraduate's performance on an examination and a coursework essay. Relational analysis facilitated text-linguistic comparison of two texts. The study contrasts an adequate handling of material in memory in examination conditions with the uncertain handling of difficult source materials. (40…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Error Analysis (Language)
Shriberg, Lawrence D.; Ballard, Kirrie J.; Tomblin, J. Bruce; Duffy, Joseph R.; Odell, Katharine H.; Williams, Charles A. – Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research, 2006
Purpose: The primary goal of this case study was to describe the speech, prosody, and voice characteristics of a mother and daughter with a breakpoint in a balanced 7;13 chromosomal translocation that disrupted the transcription gene, "FOXP2" (cf. J. B. Tomblin et al., 2005). As with affected members of the widely cited KE family, whose…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Mothers, Daughters, Speech Impairments
Download full textNewbrook, Mark – Hongkong Papers in Linguistics and Language Teaching, 1990
A study compared the perceptions of two experts from different cultural backgrounds concerning salience of a variety of errors typical of the English written by Hong Kong secondary and college students. A book on English error types written by a Hong-Kong born, fluent Chinese-English bilingual linguist was analyzed for its emphases, and a list of…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis, English
Kim, Anna Charr – 1995
The case study examined the development of English writing skills in a native Russian-speaking college student with no previous instruction in English as a Second Language. It drew on writing samples from 2 years of English language instruction. Theories of first and second language acquisition, especially in written expression, are analyzed in…
Descriptors: Acculturation, Case Studies, College Students, Comparative Analysis
