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Wilcox, Sherman – Sign Language Studies, 1990
A review of research and theory on the structure of signed and spoken languages explores the relationship between the two language types and how the study of signed languages can inform researchers about the human capacity for language. (29 references) (CB)
Descriptors: Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics, Finger Spelling, Language Patterns

Taub, Sarah; Galvan, Dennis – Sign Language Studies, 2001
Looks at patterns of conceptual encoding in American Sign Language (ASL), drawing from adults' retellings of a story. Results suggest that ASL encodes a great deal of conceptual information about motion events, significantly more than English and presumably more than most other spoken languages. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Contrastive Linguistics