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The Dialectic of Second-Language Learning: On Becoming an ASL-English Interpreter
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McDermid, Campbell – Sign Language Studies, 2017
A small group of interpreters was interviewed with regard to their view of learning ASL and becoming bicultural. A model of identity was then postulated based on Hegel's dialectic (Wheat 2012) of thesis (presuppositions, stereotypes, or theories about ASL and the Deaf community), antithesis (conflicting experiences), and synthesis (new…
Descriptors: English, Speech Communication, Deafness, American Sign Language
Effects of Teacher-Mediated Repeated Viewings of Stories in American Sign Language on Classifier Production of Students Who Are Deaf or Hard of Hearing
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Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students who are deaf and use sign language frequently have language delays that affect their literacy skills. Students who use American Sign Language (ASL) often lack fluent language models in both the home and school settings, delaying both the development of a first language and the development of literacy in printed English. Mediated and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Sign Language, American Sign Language, Language Fluency
American Sign Language-English Interpreting Program Faculty: Characteristics, Tenure Perceptions, and Productivity
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Hale, Kimberly J. – ProQuest LLC, 2012
American Sign Language (ASL)-English interpreting education, which began as a community apprenticeship and vetting process, has within the last several decades moved into higher education. Most recently, the number of baccalaureate-granting ASL-English interpreting programs have continued to increase while the number of associate's degree…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Administrator Attitudes, College Faculty, English
Bimodal Bilingualism
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Emmorey, Karen; Borinstein, Helsa B.; Thompson, Robin; Gollan, Tamar H. – Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 2008
Speech-sign or "bimodal" bilingualism is exceptional because distinct modalities allow for simultaneous production of two languages. We investigated the ramifications of this phenomenon for models of language production by eliciting language mixing from eleven hearing native users of American Sign Language (ASL) and English. Instead of switching…
Descriptors: Semantics, American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Oral Language
Ordered Short-Term Memory Differs in Signers and Speakers: Implications for Models of Short-Term Memory
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Bavelier, Daphne; Newport, Elissa L.; Hall, Matt; Supalla, Ted; Boutla, Mrim – Cognition, 2008
Capacity limits in linguistic short-term memory (STM) are typically measured with forward span tasks in which participants are asked to recall lists of words in the order presented. Using such tasks, native signers of American Sign Language (ASL) exhibit smaller spans than native speakers ([Boutla, M., Supalla, T., Newport, E. L., & Bavelier, D.…
Descriptors: Short Term Memory, Native Speakers, English, American Sign Language
Non-antecedent Suppression in American Sign Language.
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Emmorey, Karen – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1997
Discusses two experiments investigating non-antecedent suppression in American Sign Language (ASL). Findings indicate that spoken and signed languages use the same processing mechanisms in resolving co-reference relations. Results also indicate that within the probe recognition paradigm, the spatial indexing of ASL pronouns is similar to gender…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, English, Error Analysis (Language)