The Effects of Morphological Complexity on Phonological Simplification in ASL.

Schick, Brenda S.

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Publication Date: 1990

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The Effects of Morphological Complexity on Phonological Simplification in ASL.

Schick, Brenda S.

Sign Language Studies, n66 p25-41 Spr 1990

Observation of severely to profoundly deaf four- to nine-year-olds (N=24) producing three types of multi-morphemic classifier predicates in American Sign Language showed that handshape production was influenced both by morphological and syntactic complexity, while handshape errors were not based on anatomical complexity alone. (26 references) (Author/CB)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Deafness, Expressive Language, Eye Hand Coordination, Language Patterns, Morphology (Languages), Perceptual Motor Learning, Phonology, Psychomotor Skills, Syntax

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