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Ortega, Gerardo; Morgan, Gary – Language Learning, 2015
The present study implemented a sign-repetition task at two points in time to hearing adult learners of British Sign Language and explored how each phonological parameter, sign complexity, and iconicity affected sign production over an 11-week (22-hour) instructional period. The results show that training improves articulation accuracy and that…
Descriptors: Phonology, Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Accuracy
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Bochner, Joseph H.; Christie, Karen; Hauser, Peter C.; Searls, J. Matt – Language Learning, 2011
Learners' ability to recognize linguistic contrasts in American Sign Language (ASL) was investigated using a paired-comparison discrimination task. Minimal pairs containing contrasts in five linguistic categories (i.e., the formational parameters of movement, handshape, orientation, and location in ASL phonology, and a category comprised of…
Descriptors: Phonology, Oral Language, Deafness, American Sign Language