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Cornelia Loos; Donna Jo Napoli – Sign Language Studies, 2023
Visual manifestations of an object that moves from one place to another are common in sign languages. Here, we offer an overview of techniques for conveying motion of an entity based on an examination of storytelling and poetry in seven sign languages. The signer can use embodiment and/or classifiers to show translocating movement of an object, or…
Descriptors: Motion, Sign Language, Poetry, Story Telling
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Samar, Vincent J.; Parasnis, Ila – Brain and Cognition, 2007
Studies have reported a right visual field (RVF) advantage for coherent motion detection by deaf and hearing signers but not non-signers. Yet two studies [Bosworth R. G., & Dobkins, K. R. (2002). Visual field asymmetries for motion processing in deaf and hearing signers. "Brain and Cognition," 49, 170-181; Samar, V. J., & Parasnis, I. (2005).…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Intelligence Quotient, Motion
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Poizner, Howard; And Others – Language Sciences, 1989
Investigates the psychological representation of visual-gestural languages from a cross-linguistic perspective. The perception of signers of American and Chinese Sign Languages is analyzed. (27 references) (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Chinese, Comparative Analysis, Deafness