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Richardson, Kristina – Sign Language Studies, 2017
The earliest descriptions of Latin finger alphabets were recorded in southern Europe between 1579 and 1589. New literary and visual evidence for sixteenth-century Ottoman Arabic and Ottoman Turkish sign systems are presented and analyzed in this article.
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Turkish, Alphabets, Sign Language
Nicodemus, Brenda; Swabey, Laurie; Leeson, Lorraine; Napier, Jemina; Pettita, Giulia; Taylor, Marty M. – Sign Language Studies, 2017
Little is known about the nature of fingerspelling during sign language interpretation. In this small-scale, exploratory study, we examined the fingerspelling of interpreters working in five different sign languages: American Sign Language (ASL), Australian Sign Language (Auslan), British Sign Language (BSL), Irish Sign Language (ISL), and Italian…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Contrastive Linguistics, Finger Spelling, Naming
Hochgesang, Julie A. – Sign Language Studies, 2014
Linguists have long recognized the descriptive limitations of Stokoe notation, currently the most commonly used system for phonetic or phonological transcription, but continue using it because of its widespread influence (e.g., Siedlecki and Bonvillian, 2000). With the emergence of newer notation systems, the field will benefit from a discussion…
Descriptors: Phonetic Transcription, Phonology, Best Practices, Manual Communication
Schembri, Adam; Johnston, Trevor – Sign Language Studies, 2007
This article presents the results from a preliminary investigation into the use of fingerspelling in Australian Sign Language (Auslan), drawing on data collected as part of the Sociolinguistic Variation in Australian Sign Language project (Schembri and Johnston 2004; Schembri, Johnston, and Goswell in press). This major project is a replication in…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Sociolinguistics, American Sign Language, Deafness

Stedt, Joseph D.; Moores, Donald F. – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Describes the development of a sign that was understood only by certain members of a group. The stages of evolution are studied from its original gross pattern to a refined, simpler sign. The sign had only two years to develop and was influenced by phonological and social-environmental constraints. (PJM)
Descriptors: Deafness, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Etymology

Stall, C. Harmon; Marshall, Philip H. – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Presents study designed to determine whether interruption in the use of the manual encoding modality would retard learning in prelingually deaf subjects. One group of students used finger spelling and finger numeration in learning eight pairs of number-word combinations while the other group used no manual encoding. Results show groups using…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Comparative Analysis, Deafness

Lee, Dorothy M. – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the characteristics of diglossia and applies them to the current sign language situation in the United States. Concludes diglossia does not exist and argues that what is really happening is code switching between languages and style shifting within a language. (EKN)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Code Switching (Language), Creoles, Deafness

Washabaugh, William – Sign Language Studies, 1981
Argues for the existence of two types of communities other than the diglossic deaf communities--isolated and developing deaf communities. The history, sign language and finger spelling of the Grand Cayman deaf community are discussed. As the deaf community develops, it is thinning out and breaking up. (PJM)
Descriptors: Deafness, Diglossia, Finger Spelling, Language Attitudes

Deuchar, Margaret – Sign Language Studies, 1977
Among British deaf adults there are at least two varieties of Sign Language in use. The structure and functions of sign language in the deaf community at Reading are examined to consider whether the British deaf community might be diglossic. The process used is described and references are included. (AMH)
Descriptors: Deaf Interpreting, Deafness, Diglossia, Finger Spelling

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

Reich, Peter A.; Bick, Margaret – Sign Language Studies, 1977
The fingerspelling component of thirteen samples of Visible English (the system of communication in which all speech is supposed to be simultaneoously fingerspelled) used by teachers in classrooms in two schools for the deaf were analyzed linguistically. Only 56 percent of what should have been fingerspelled was present and legible. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Deafness, English, English Instruction, Finger Spelling

McCay, Vernon; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Discusses the potential of sign language as a tool in teaching reading to normal hearing children and the success of this method with individuals who have various communication disorders. (EJS)
Descriptors: Deafness, Finger Spelling, Language Handicaps, Language Instruction

Maeder, Christine; Loncke, Filip – Sign Language Studies, 1996
Examines the influence of sign language structures on the spontaneous use of time and space markers in French and French Sign Language. The study compared the use of nonspatialized utterances and spatialized structures of deaf and hearing children, adolescents, and adults. Findings shed light on the different types of errors in understanding. (17…
Descriptors: Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis, Concept Formation, Deafness

Woodward, James – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Describes single finger sign contact in data from ten different sign languages. The relative frequencies of signs using each of the four possible fingers are examined. Proposes distinctive features to explain the differences in frequency and use of these handshapes in sign languages in general. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comparative Analysis, Distinctive Features (Language), English

Woodward, James – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Handshapes with single finger extension are examined in data from 10 sign languages: American, Australian, British, Finnish, French, Japanese, Providence Island, Rennell Island, Indian, and Swedish. It is concluded that a theory of marking can be developed along the same lines as for spoken language, with only the physiology differing. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English
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