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Malaia, Evie; Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Language and Speech, 2012
This article presents an experimental investigation of kinematics of verb sign production in American Sign Language (ASL) using motion capture data. The results confirm that event structure differences in the meaning of the verbs are reflected in the kinematic formation: for example, in the telic verbs (throw, hit), the end-point of the event is…
Descriptors: Verbs, Physics, Motion, American Sign Language
Brentari, Diane; Gonzalez, Carolina; Seidl, Amanda; Wilbur, Ronnie – Language and Speech, 2011
Three studies are presented in this paper that address how nonsigners perceive the visual prosodic cues in a sign language. In Study 1, adult American nonsigners and users of American Sign Language (ASL) were compared on their sensitivity to the visual cues in ASL Intonational Phrases. In Study 2, hearing, nonsigning American infants were tested…
Descriptors: Cues, Deafness, Language Enrichment, American Sign Language
Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Language and Speech, 2009
Spoken languages are characterized by flexible, multivariate prosodic systems. As a natural language, American Sign Language (ASL), and other sign languages (SLs), are also expected to be characterized in the same way. Artificially created signing systems for classroom use, such as signed English, serve as a contrast to natural sign languages. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Suprasegmentals, Semantics, Nonverbal Communication