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Head Thrust in ASL Conditional Marking.
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Liddell, Scott K. – Sign Language Studies, 1986
Head Thrust is a significant nonmanual signal in American Sign Language (ASL). It occurs on the final sign in a conditional clause, in combination with a brow raise and a rotated head position. The signal is unlike other grammatical signals involving a brow raise. (Author/CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Deafness, Kinesthetic Perception
Natural Constraints in Sign Language Phonology: Data from Anatomy.
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Mandel, Mark A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Presents three sets of data (signs from the "Dictionary of ASL," 1976; loan signs; and case histories of specific signs) that demonstrate the involvement of the "knuckle-wrist connection" with American Sign Language phonology. (AM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Anatomy, Body Language, Deafness
Once Is Not Enough: Standards of Well-Formedness in Manual Communication Created over Three Different Timespans.
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Singleton, Jenny L.; And Others – Language, 1993
Conventional sign language used by a community of signers over generations was compared with gestures invented by a deaf child over a period of years and with gestures invented by nonsigning hearing individuals on the spot. Findings suggest that an individual can introduce standards of well-formedness, but construction of standards requires…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Insights to Language from the Study of Gesture A Review of Research on the Gestural Communication of Non-signing Deaf People.
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Morford, Jill P. – Language & Communication, 1996
Reviews research on "homesign" systems, i.e., the gestural communication of deaf individuals who do not learn a spoken language and who are not exposed to a signed language. The article touches on how iconicity affects language structure and use, the role of input in language development, and the nature of the critical period for…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Body Language, Child Language
Negative Interference of Signed Language in Written English.
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Jones, Philip A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Examines the relation of Pidgin Sign English to American Sign Language and the written English of deaf persons. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Deafness, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication
The Sound of Silence in Nohya: A Preliminary Account of Sign Language Use by the Deaf in a Maya Community in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Shuman, Malcom L. – Language Sciences, 1980
A description of the sign language used in a Mexican village shows its parallels with other sign languages, its similarity to the folk gestural system of Mexico and its distinguishing aspects. Examples illustrate its syntax, grammar and lexicon. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Body Language, Deafness, Field Studies, Folk Culture
Eye-Openers in ASL.
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Baker, Charlotte – 1976
This paper summarizes most of what Sign linguists know about the function of the eyes in American Sign Language discourse. Here, "eyes" is taken to cover both opening and closing of the eyes and looking in a particular direction, referred to as the signer's "gaze-direction." Evidence is presented demonstrating that a signer's gaze can be lexically…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness
Sign Language Research and Sociolinguistic Theory.
Deuchar, Margaret – 1978
This paper explores the link between sign language research and sociolinguistic theory. It demonstrates how sign language research benefits from a sociolinguistic approach and provides validation for sociolinguistic theory. Previous research on the sign language of the deaf is reviewed, and a distinction is made between "structure-oriented" and…
Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting