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Direct linkBosworth, Rain; Stone, Adam; Hwang, So-One – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2020
Language knowledge, age of acquisition (AoA), and stimulus intelligibility all affect gaze behavior for reading print, but it is unknown how these factors affect "sign-watching" among signers. This study investigated how these factors affect gaze behavior during sign language comprehension in 52 adult signers who acquired American Sign…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Eye Movements, Behavior Patterns, American Sign Language
Kulsar, Steven T.; Seal, Brenda C. – Sign Language Studies, 2022
D/deaf children of Deaf parents reportedly begin learning finger-spelling as young as thirteen months old, but deaf children born to hearing, nonsigning parents lack natural access to the native (spoken) language of their families, often exhibiting later language development. Forty-four deaf adults participated in a fingerspelling test of…
Descriptors: Finger Spelling, Accuracy, Adults, American Sign Language
Geer, Leah C.; Keane, Jonathan – Language Teaching Research, 2018
Students acquiring American Sign Language (ASL) as a second language (L2) struggle with fingerspelling comprehension more than skilled signers. These L2 learners might be attempting to perceive and comprehend fingerspelling in a way that is different from native signers, which could negatively impact their ability to comprehend fingerspelling.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Finger Spelling, Second Language Learning, Second Language Instruction
Brentari, Diane; Coppola, Marie; Jung, Ashley; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Language Learning and Development, 2013
Handshape works differently in nouns versus a class of verbs in American Sign Language (ASL) and thus can serve as a cue to distinguish between these two word classes. Handshapes representing characteristics of the object itself ("object" handshapes) and handshapes representing how the object is handled ("handling" handshapes)…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Nouns, Verbs
