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When Timing Is Everything: Age of First-Language Acquisition Effects on Second-Language Learning
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Mayberry, Rachel I. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
The present paper summarizes three experiments that investigate the effects of age of acquisition on first-language (L1) acquisition in relation to second-language (L2) outcome. The experiments use the unique acquisition situations of childhood deafness and sign language. The key factors controlled across the studies are age of L1 acquisition, the…
Descriptors: Phonology, Syntax, Sign Language, Language Acquisition
The First Signs of Language: Phonological Development in British Sign Language
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Morgan, Gary; Barrett-Jones, Sarah; Stoneham, Helen – Applied Psycholinguistics, 2007
A total of 1,018 signs in one deaf child's naturalistic interaction with her deaf mother, between the ages of 19 and 24 months were analyzed. This study summarizes regular modification processes in the phonology of the child sign's handshape, location, movement, and prosody. First, changes to signs were explained by the notion of phonological…
Descriptors: Toddlers, Young Children, Phonology, Sign Language
The Acquisition of Conditionals in American Sign Language: Grammaticized Facial Expressions.
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Reilly, Judy Snitzer; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1990
Examines the acquisition of conditional sentences in American Sign Language (which entail the use of both manual signs and grammaticized nonmanual facial expressions) by deaf children. The results indicate that children first acquire manual conditional signs before they employ obligatory grammaticized facial expressions, and also acquire manual…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Expressive Language, Facial Expressions
Bimodal Bilingual Language Development in a Hearing Child of Deaf Parents.
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Johnson, Jeanne M.; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1992
Examination of the spoken English development of a hearing child whose deaf parents used American Sign Language (ASL) identified a consistent but not extensive ASL influence on simultaneity of expression, undifferentiated versus differentiated features, bound versus free morpheme mechanisms, and word order. (47 references) (Author/CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Caregiver Speech, Child Language
"Alligator Eats Cookie": Acquisition of Writing and Reading Skills by Deaf Children Using the Microcomputer.
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Prinz, Philip M.; Nelson, Keith E. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Reports research which investigated the effects of microcomputer technology on the acquisition of writing and reading skills in 32 deaf children. The learning mechanism underlying the instructional system used is responsive, interactional and exploratory, reflective of the way most children acquire a first language. (SED)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Deafness
Gesture and Sign.
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Marschark, Marc – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Because the relationship of gesticulation to sign language has not received much research attention, this study considers gesture and sign among users of signed and oral languages. Results suggest that gestures produced by deaf individuals can be distinguished from the sign language in which they are embedded, including their semantic and…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Lending a Helping Hand: Linguistic Input and Sign Language Acquisition in Deaf Children.
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Prinz, Philip M.; Masin, Louise – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1985
Examines the effect of adult recasting in sign language on the acquisition of specific syntactic-semantic structures by deaf children aged 9 to 76 months. Results indicated that recasting triggered the acquisition of new syntactic-semantic structures in American Sign Language and English, evident in the spontaneous production of previously…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Applied Linguistics, Child Language, Deafness