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Hofweber, Julia; Aumônier, Lizzy; Janke, Vikki; Gullberg, Marianne; Marshall, Chloë – Language Learning, 2023
We investigated whether sign-naïve learners can infer and learn the meaning of signs after minimal exposure to continuous, naturalistic input in the form of a weather forecast in Swedish Sign Language. Participants were L1-English adults. Two experimental groups watched the forecast once (n = 40) or twice (n = 42); a control group did not (n =…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Swedish, Second Language Learning, Visual Stimuli
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Pichler, Deborah Chen; Koulidobrova, Elena – Language Learning, 2023
Second language acquisition (SLA) research offers valuable insight on how languages are learned and how they coexist and influence each other. Sign language learners offer unique perspectives on SLA, allowing researchers to test theories that are otherwise constrained by access to only one modality. Current literature on sign language learning…
Descriptors: Language Research, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction, Sign Language
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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