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Williams, Joshua; Newman, Sharlene – Second Language Research, 2016
In the present study we aimed to investigate phonological substitution errors made by hearing second language (M2L2) learners of American Sign Language (ASL) during a sentence translation task. Learners saw sentences in ASL that were signed by either a native signer or a M2L2 learner. Learners were to simply translate the sentence from ASL to…
Descriptors: Second Language Learning, Phonology, Error Analysis (Language), Error Patterns
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Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Language and Speech, 2009
Spoken languages are characterized by flexible, multivariate prosodic systems. As a natural language, American Sign Language (ASL), and other sign languages (SLs), are also expected to be characterized in the same way. Artificially created signing systems for classroom use, such as signed English, serve as a contrast to natural sign languages. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Suprasegmentals, Semantics, Nonverbal Communication