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Williams, Joshua; Newman, Sharlene – Second Language Research, 2016
In the present study we aimed to investigate phonological substitution errors made by hearing second language (M2L2) learners of American Sign Language (ASL) during a sentence translation task. Learners saw sentences in ASL that were signed by either a native signer or a M2L2 learner. Learners were to simply translate the sentence from ASL to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phonology, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
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Cheek, Adrianne; Cormier, Kearsy; Meier, Richard P.; Repp, Ann – Language, 2001
Explores the predictors of early mastery versus error in children's acquisition of American Sign Language. Hypothesizes that the most frequent values for a particular parameter in prelinguistic gesture will be the most frequent in early signs and the most likely sources of substitution when children make errors. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns, Language Acquisition
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Brentari, Diane; Poizner, Howard – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1994
Reductions and timing errors were 2 major signing disruptions observed in a 64-year-old deaf signer with Parkinson's disease; these errors are phonetic rather than phonological in nature. Error analysis yields information about sign prosody and American Sign Language phonological representation. (Contains 54 references.) (JP)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
Clark, Eve V., Ed.; And Others – 1989
Papers in this volume include the following: "The Structural Sources of Verb Meaning" (Lila R. Gleitman); "Acquisition of Noun Incorporation in Inuktitut" (Shanley Allen, Martha Crago); "Why Do Children Omit Subjects?" (Paul Bloom); "Acquiring Language in a Creole Setting: Theoretical and Methodological…
Descriptors: Adverbs, American Sign Language, Child Language, Chinese