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Slonimska, Anita; Özyürek, Asli; Capirci, Olga – Cognitive Science, 2022
Sign languages use multiple articulators and iconicity in the visual modality which allow linguistic units to be organized not only linearly but also simultaneously. Recent research has shown that users of an established sign language such as LIS (Italian Sign Language) use simultaneous and iconic constructions as a modality-specific resource to…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Nonverbal Communication, Interpersonal Communication
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Safar, Josefina; Le Guen, Olivier; Collí, Geli Collí; Hau, Merli Collí – Sign Language Studies, 2018
In this article, we examine various strategies used to express cardinal numbers in Yucatec Maya Sign Languages (YMSLs) from three historically unrelated communities in Yucatán, Mexico: Chicán, Nohkop, and Cepeda Peraza. Our findings describe some numeral strategies, which remained unattested in previous accounts, and demonstrate that YMSL numerals…
Descriptors: Sign Language, American Indians, Rural Areas, Numbers
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Metz, Dale Evan; Schiavetti, Nicholas; Lessler, Amy; Lawe, Yvonne; Whitehead, Robert H.; Whitehead, Brenda L. – Journal of Communication Disorders, 1997
A study involving 20 listeners investigated the potential influence of alterations in the temporal structure of speech produced during simultaneous communication on the perception of final consonant voicing. Results found that accurate perception was not impaired by the durational changes accompanying the typically slower speech pattern of…
Descriptors: Auditory Perception, Consonants, Deafness, Interpersonal Communication