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Kiva Marjorie Bennett – ProQuest LLC, 2024
Research over the past two decades has reported a robust relationship between relative social status and first-person singular (FPS) pronoun use in English. For my dissertation study, I wanted to test the replicability of those findings using American Sign Language (ASL) data that I collected for this purpose. In alignment with previous work, I…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Social Status, Form Classes (Languages), Correlation
Krista L. McMorran-Maus – ProQuest LLC, 2022
This study examined the effect of a 1-day, 6-hour key word signing (KWS) workshop on in-service special education teachers' and speech-language pathologists' (SLPs) (a) skill identifying American Sign Language (ASL) signs; (b) skill producing ASL signs; (c) use of KWS in the classroom or therapy room; and (d) perceived changes from taking part in…
Descriptors: Special Education Teachers, Allied Health Personnel, Speech Language Pathology, American Sign Language
Rogers, K. Larry – ProQuest LLC, 2012
The American Sign Language construction commonly known as "role-shift" (referred to afterward as Constructed Action) superficially resembles mimic forms, however unlike mime, Constructed Action is a type of depicting construction in ASL discourse (Roy 1989). The signer may use eye gaze, head shift, facial expression, stylistic variation,…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Linguistics, Communication Strategies
Musyoka, Millicent Malinda – ProQuest LLC, 2013
The focus of this mixed method study was to investigate the play behaviors, play interactions, and language use--within a bilingual AS L/English classroom--of a Deaf child who is a native user of American Sign Language (ASL). Play is an essential element in all children's development. Previous research suggests that there is a strong relationship…
Descriptors: Preschool Children, Bilingual Students, Bilingual Education, Deafness
Nadolske, Marie Anne – ProQuest LLC, 2009
Despite the fact that American Sign Language (ASL) courses at the college-level have been increasing in frequency, little is understood about the capabilities of hearing individuals learning a sign language as a second language. This study aims to begin assessing the language skills of advanced L2 learners of ASL by comparing L2 signer productions…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Deafness, Program Effectiveness, Language Skills