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Direct linkBrentari, Diane; Coppola, Marie; Jung, Ashley; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Language Learning and Development, 2013
Handshape works differently in nouns versus a class of verbs in American Sign Language (ASL) and thus can serve as a cue to distinguish between these two word classes. Handshapes representing characteristics of the object itself ("object" handshapes) and handshapes representing how the object is handled ("handling" handshapes)…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Nouns, Verbs
Download full textErbaugh, Mary S. – 1984
While all languages use shape to classify unfamiliar objects, some languages as diverse as Mandarin, Thai, Japanese, Mohawk, and American Sign Language lexicalize these and other types of description as noun classifiers. Classification does not develop from a fixed set of features in the object, but is discourse-sensitive and invoked when it would…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, American Sign Language, Child Language, Classification
