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Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 2001
Suggests that various parts of the grammar of American Sign Language--particularly its verb and pronoun system--give convincing evidence that such grammar cannot have derived from the grammars of spoken languages; rather the continuity is from cognitive activity expressed in gSigns toward linguistic organization both of the expressive material and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Grammar
Direct linkRusso, Tommaso – Sign Language Studies, 2005
This article deals with two main topics: the interplay of iconicity and metaphors in signed language discourse and the relevance of sociocultural knowledge for a full understanding of LIS metaphors. In metaphors, the iconic features of signs play a role in the creative process of determining a mental fit between two different domains. Iconicity…
Descriptors: Semantics, Figurative Language, Cognitive Processes, Sign Language
Peer reviewedGrosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Compares the production of speech and sign: the approaches used in research, the cognitive processes involved, and the output timing mechanism. (AM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar
