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Peer reviewedCoulter, Geoffrey R. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the role played by relative clauses in American Sign Language. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedTweney, Ryan D.; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines whether specific characteristics of American Sign Language (ASL) syntax affect perceptual processing of the language. Findings support the psychological reality of sentence embedding processes in ASL, further supporting the claim that visually based languages achieve the same functional goals as speech, although with different means. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Grammar, Language Processing
Peer reviewedBellman, Kirstie; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the nature of American Sign Language, indicates its intricate morphological structure, and demonstrates one experimental way of uncovering and validating this structure. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research
Peer reviewedGee, James Paul; Kegl, Judy Anne – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the narrative story structure of a short American Sign Language narrative using stylistic analysis plus the structure of pausing in the narrative. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language, Language Research
Peer reviewedHoffmeister, Robert J.; Shettle, Carolyn – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines whether, and how, deaf adults adjust their nonvocal communicative behavior when facing one of three audience types: hearing adults who have learned a signed language, deaf adults who use a signed languageand deaf children of deaf parents. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Audience Analysis, Audiences
Peer reviewedWilbur, Ronnie B.; Petitto, Laura A. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Uses techniques of the study of conversational analysis in oral language in the study of American Sign Language conversations, and concludes that such conversations are structured in ways that parallel those of spoken language. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction
Peer reviewedKluwin, Thomas N. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that differences exist in the classroom behavior of some deaf and some hearing teachers and that what defines the successful teacher is task persistence and clarity. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
