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Direct linkProvine, Robert R.; Emmorey, Karen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
The placement of laughter in the speech of hearing individuals is not random but "punctuates" speech, occurring during pauses and at phrase boundaries where punctuation would be placed in a transcript of a conversation. For speakers, language is dominant in the competition for the vocal tract since laughter seldom interrupts spoken phrases. For…
Descriptors: Deafness, Speech, American Sign Language, Manual Communication
