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Luftig, Richard L. – Sign Language Studies, 1985
Describes a paired-associate learning experiment in which American Sign Language signs of high and low translucency and high and low cheremic similarity were presented to sign-naive subjects. One hypothesis, that translucency would facilitate learning, was confirmed; a second, that cheremic similarity would retard sign learning, was not.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Research, Learning Processes