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The Activation of Spatial Antecedents from Overt Pronouns in American Sign Language.
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Emmorey, Karen; And Others – Language and Cognitive Processes, 1991
Two experiments are presented that investigate the processing of pronominal reference in American Sign Language. Experiment one indicated that pronoun activation was not immediate, and there was no strong evidence for the inhibition of nonreferents. Experiment two was designed to investigate whether the pronoun also activated a representation of…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Error Patterns, Language Processing, Language Research
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)