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Peer reviewedMacken, Elizabeth; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1995
This study seeks to understand American Sign Language (ASL) as heterogeneous communication and to use it as a model for developing in other modalities alternative heterogeneous communication systems with the same advantages. (26 references) (CK)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Charts, Communication (Thought Transfer)
Peer reviewedShaw, Risa – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Identifies indicators of register or style in selected portions of two lectures presented in American Sign Language, and in the interpretations of each made by two interpreters. The indicators used are speaking rate, pausing, syntax, intonation, and lexical choice. Transcripts of data are included in Appendix. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting, Discourse Analysis
Peer reviewedRudser, Steven Fritsch – Sign Language Studies, 1986
The performance of two sign language interpreters in interpreting and transliterating two English texts in 1973 and again in 1985 was analyzed. Both interpreters significantly increased their use of four linguistic features of American Sign Language: classifiers; rhetorical questions; noun-adjective word order; and nonmanual negation. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Classification, Deaf Interpreting
