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Peer reviewedGee, James Paul; Kegl, Judy Anne – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the narrative story structure of a short American Sign Language narrative using stylistic analysis plus the structure of pausing in the narrative. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language, Language Research
Peer reviewedBouchard, Denis; Dubuisson, Colette – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Using data from American and Quebec Sign Languages, this article argues against linguistic theories that postulate either that a language has a basic order determined by universal principles or that there is a single universal order for all languages. Maintains that there are other means a language can use to indicate what elements combine…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Foreign Countries, Grammar, Language Universals
Peer reviewedFromkin, Victoria A. – Sign Language Studies, 1988
An examination of the linguistics of American Sign Language (ASL) establishes beyond a doubt that ASL is a natural language distinct from English and provides insight into how the abstract cognitive system called language finds expression in the signed modality. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, College Credits, Deafness, Language Attitudes
