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Introduction: The First Wave of Sign Language Research—Selected Memoirs Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Penny Boyes Braem, Virginia Volterra, Robbin Battison, Nancy Frishberg, Carol Padden
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Introduction:The First Wave of Sign Language Research—Selected Memoirs Penny Boyes Braem (bio), Virginia Volterra (bio), Robbin Battison (bio), Nancy Frishberg (bio), and Carol Padden (bio) Why a Special Issue? Fifty years after William Stokoe founded Sign Language Studies (SLS) in 1972, we have reason to give thanks for a half-century
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Introducing the Contributors Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Introducing the Contributors Before you begin reading the detailed stories in the articles, you may appreciate the following overview—an alphabetical list of contributors with a few notes about how they got their start in this field. Marie-Thérèse Abbou-L'Huillier, as a deaf daughter of deaf parents, first became aware of the linguistic
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Research for a Reason Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Charlotte Baker-Shenk
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Research for a Reason Charlotte Baker-Shenk (bio) It took me a long time, many years, before I stopped having dreams about the Linguistics Research Lab (LRL) at Gallaudet—of being part of something so much bigger than myself. Of good-hearted and bright-minded colleagues working tirelessly to discover and document the complex, brilliant
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William Stokoe—A Man for His Time Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Robbin M. Battison
Abstract: Contributors to this fiftieth anniversary volume of SLS were asked to describe our early involvement at the beginning stages of sign language linguistics. I'll briefly summarize my engagement from 1970 to 1980 before probing a much more interesting question: What lay behind William Stokoe's own leap into this new territory? Remarkably for an outsider to the Deaf community, he later had profound
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Reflections on the Early Days of Sign Language Research Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Susan D. Fischer
Abstract: In the spirit of the theme of this special issue, I'm going to focus largely on my experiences prior to 1980.
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How I Changed Ed Klima's Mind Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Nancy Frishberg
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: How I Changed Ed Klima's Mind Nancy Frishberg (bio) Fall 1970 With an undergraduate degree in linguistics from University of California, Berkeley (Berkeley), I came to grad school in linguistics at University of California at San Diego (UCSD). Why UCSD? Because of the six places I applied to, five of which accepted me, only UCSD gave me
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Exploring the Psycholinguistics of ASL with Harlan Lane Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 François Grosjean
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Exploring the Psycholinguistics of ASL with Harlan Lane François Grosjean (bio) It all started when I received a letter from Harlan Lane postmarked in San Diego, at the beginning of 1974, inviting me to the United States. Harlan and I had first met in 1969 when he had come to the University of Paris 8 (Vincennes) as a visiting faculty
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Starting Sign Language Research from Scratch Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Rachel I. Mayberry
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Starting Sign Language Research from Scratch Rachel I. Mayberry (bio) Perhaps the best way to illustrate the environment of sign language research when I began my graduate studies at McGill University is to note the physical labor involved. There were no internet or digital archives, and I spent a lot of time in the library searching for
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A Linguist Informs Deaf Education with Sign Language Research Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Ronnie B. Wilbur
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Linguist Informs Deaf Education with Sign Language Research Ronnie B. Wilbur (bio) In 1970, as a graduate student in linguistics (theoretical phonology, typology) at University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign (UIUC), I needed a job and was hired by Professor Stephen P. Quigley in the Special Education Department to manage a huge federally
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From Music to Signs: The Making of a Sign Language Linguist Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Sherman Wilcox
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Music to Signs:The Making of a Sign Language Linguist Sherman Wilcox (bio) Although my introduction to sign linguistics took place in a university environment, it was more through personal experience than purely academic study. It was never my goal to become a linguist, much less a sign linguist. I was a music major in college, 1965–1969
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A Conversation among Four Deaf Linguists Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Benjamin Bahan, Carol Padden, Ted Supalla, Lars Wallin
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Conversation among Four Deaf Linguists Benjamin Bahan (bio), Carol Padden (bio), Ted Supalla (bio), and Lars Wallin (bio) In October of 2022, the four of us—Ben Bahan, Carol Padden, Ted Supalla, and Lars Wallin—began a series of free-ranging conversations about how we built our linguistic careers as the new field of sign language studies
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Early Sign Language Research in Two Settings: USA and Switzerland Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Penny Boyes Braem
Abstract: This contribution begins with my memories as a hearing American-Swiss researcher who began with research on American Sign Language (ASL) and afterward concentrated on Swiss German Sign Language (Deutschschweizerische Gebärdensprache, DSGS). The contribution includes memories of the first research team in German Switzerland: Claudia Murray Jauch, Katja Tissi, and Tanja Tissi.
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The Accidental Sign Linguist Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 James Woodward
Abstract: My involvement in sign linguistics began in 1969 and is still ongoing, with affiliations and collegial relationships at a number of institutions. Interestingly, all of these affiliations began with chance meetings or serendipity. Along the way, my research focus and emphasis has shifted, depending on funding, institutional priorities, or my own choices.
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Photo Gallery Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Photo Gallery Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 1. Don Newkirk, Salk ASL researcher, 1973. Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 2. Venita Driscoll, Salk ASL researcher, 1973. [End Page 339] Click for larger view View full resolution Figure 3. Shanny Mow, researcher at the Salk Institute, 1973. Click for larger
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From Curiosity to Collaboration—Linguistic Explorations of Sign Language in Belgium Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Filip Loncke
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Curiosity to Collaboration—Linguistic Explorations of Sign Language in Belgium Filip Loncke (bio) In 1973, Bernard Tervoort of the University of Amsterdam published an article in the journal Semiotica with the title "Could There Be a Human Sign Language?" The question that Tervoort had asked in this article must be seen against a
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The Beginnings of Research on British Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Bencie Woll
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: The Beginnings of Research on British Sign Language Bencie Woll (bio) I was always fascinated as a child with language: I was New York City champion in the National Spelling Bee competition and spent one summer trying to teach myself Latin from a school textbook; by the age of thirteen, I had decided that I would study linguistics at university
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Exploring Danish Sign Language in the Late 1970s Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Exploring Danish Sign Language in the Late 1970s Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen (bio) The Present It's August 2022, and I am working on an analysis of the position of temporal adverbs and stance adverbs in declarative clauses in Danish Sign Language (DTS). My data are sentences from the DTS online dictionary (Ordbog over Dansk Tegnsprog),
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Early Research on Finnish Sign Language: In the Footsteps of Great Role Models Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Terhi Rissanen, Päivi Rainò, Ritva Takkinen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Early Research on Finnish Sign Language:In the Footsteps of Great Role Models Terhi Rissanen (bio), Päivi Rainò (bio), and Ritva Takkinen (bio) Research on Finnish Sign Language (FinSL) started in 1982 at Helsinki University. The main drivers behind it were Professor Fred Karlsson, then head of the Department of General Linguistics at
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My Role in the "Linguistic Awakening" of the Deaf in France Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Marie-Thérése L'huillier
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: My Role in the "Linguistic Awakening" of the Deaf in France Marie-Thérése L'huillier (bio) Born deaf, I was immersed in the treasures of LSF (Langue des Signes Français), thanks to my deaf parents. At school, LSF was banished in favor of oralism. During my childhood, the status of my sign language was dichotomous: it existed at home as
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Linguistic Resurgence—Exploring Iconicity in French Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Christian Cuxac
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Linguistic Resurgence—Exploring Iconicity in French Sign Language Christian Cuxac (bio) It was in 1975 that I first met the Deaf world. As a student in linguistics, I was asked to give introductory courses in linguistics to future teachers of deaf students at the National Institute for Young Deaf People (INJS) in Paris. Like most other
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Memories from the First Researchers of German Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Siegmund Prillwitz, Alexander von Meyenn, Wolfgang Schmidt, Regina Leven
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Memories from the First Researchers of German Sign Language Siegmund Prillwitz (bio), Alexander von Meyenn (bio), Wolfgang Schmidt (bio), and Regina Leven (bio) Introduction This contribution is made up of separate memoirs from the first team that Siegmund Prillwitz pulled together around 1982 to begin research on German Sign Language
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Viva la Differenza! Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Elena Radutzky
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Viva la Differenza! Elena Radutzky (bio) Those who know me well, know that I have two serious chronic diseases. The first is rheumatoid arthritis, which has had some serious consequences, not the least of which for my signing skills. I can no longer make a fist, nor can I raise individual fingers. As a result, my deaf colleagues teasingly
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The Beginnings of Sign Language Research in Italy: A Story of Unexpected Encounters Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Virginia Volterra, Maria Cristina Caselli, Serena Corazza
Abstract: We'll begin this contribution by describing our own individual entry points and motivations as we stepped into this nascent field of research. We'll then briefly summarize the initial stages of research on Italian Sign Language, which was carried out with many other collaborators.
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From Teaching Deaf Children to Sign Language Research in Norway Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Marit Vogt-Svendsen
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Teaching Deaf Children to Sign Language Research in Norway Marit Vogt-Svendsen (bio) Introduction The motivation for starting with sign language research probably started in my childhood in the 1950s and early 1960s. I was born in Italy where my father was a vicar in the Norwegian seamen's church in Genova, but we came home to Norway
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A Tale of Sign Language Dictionary Making in the Netherlands Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Trude Schermer
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: A Tale of Sign Language Dictionary Making in the Netherlands Trude Schermer (bio) How It Started It was a beautiful fall afternoon in 1977 when I walked into one of the classrooms of the University of Amsterdam located in the Oudemanhuispoort. I was twenty-two, a student of Dutch language and literature about to start a second major, general
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From Signed Swedish to Swedish Sign Language in the 1970s Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2024-02-27 Brita Bergman
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Signed Swedish to Swedish Sign Language in the 1970s Brita Bergman (bio) As hearing people with sign language skills, we are used to answering questions as to why we know sign language. We all have a story to tell, some with surprising coincidences. One of my favorite examples is the young woman who wanted to register for an evening
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Depicting Translocating Motion in Sign Languages Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Cornelia Loos, Donna Jo Napoli
Abstract: Visual manifestations of an object that moves from one place to another are common in sign languages. Here, we offer an overview of techniques for conveying motion of an entity based on an examination of storytelling and poetry in seven sign languages. The signer can use embodiment and/or classifiers to show translocating movement of an object, or they can adjust the dynamic properties of
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Iconicity Perception under the Lens of Iconicity Rating and Transparency Tasks in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Orit Fuks
Abstract: This study undertook iconicity ratings and conducted transparency experiments on Israeli Sign Language (ISL). Experiment 1 compared the iconicity ratings of 520 lexical signs of ten Deaf ISL signers and thirteen hearing nonsigners. Ratings were found to be affected by language knowledge, lexical class, and type of iconic mapping, as well as by factors less connected to iconicity, such as
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Beyond Islay: A Brief Literary History of Deaf Utopia and Dystopia Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Kristen Harmon
Abstract: The idea of a sign language town, or a Deaf utopia, where Deaf and signing people can come together to live in a geographical or figurative homeland has long persisted in US Deaf life, letters, and literature. In the wake of the Milan Congress of 1880, Alexander Graham Bell's alarming rhetoric concerning "a deaf mute variety of the human race" and the "campaign against sign language," the
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Sign Names in Yucatec Maya Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19 Olivier Le Guen, Rossy Kinil Canche, Merli Collí Hau, Geli Collí Collí
Abstract: This article analyzes the construction of sign names in an emerging sign language from Mexico, the Yucatec Maya Sign Language (YMSL). Data comes from elicited interviews as well as natural interactions collected by the authors and signers from two different villages, Chicán and Nohkop. Despite YMSL being an isolate language, sign name construction displays tendencies common in other sign
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Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations, 2022–2023 Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-11-19
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations, 2022–2023 Master's Theses Alapuranen, Marjo-Leea. 2023. Incorporation of Visual Aids into Sign Language Interpretation in a Remote Educational Setting. Humak University of https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:amk-2023102127798 Almohsin, Zainab. 2023. Deaf Mothers Raising Deaf, Hard of Hearing, and Hearing
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Identifying ASL Compounds: A Functionalist Approach Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Ryan Lepic
Abstract: In many descriptions of American Sign Language (ASL), signs like [breakfast] are identified as compounds. These signs were once formed with two separate signs but have since fused into a single unit. This article presents an alternative definition of compound that includes both functional and formal properties. Following this updated definition, examples of ASL compounds are constructions
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Deafblind Tactile Signers: The Dynamics of Communication and Space Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Lisa Van Der Mark
Abstract: The focus of this article is on deaf blind people who are or have been involved with deaf signing communities and, when vision changes, transition to tactile reception of sign language. This brings about a disconnection with the signing community, exploration of (other) possibilities, and seeking or creating deaf blind spaces. In the United States, the protactile movement led to a more tactile-centric
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Bimodal-Bilingual Teacher Training in Sweden Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Ernst D. Thoutenhoofd, Liz Adams Lyngbäck
Abstract: In 1981, Sweden was the first country in the world to entitle deaf pupils to a bimodal-bilingual education. However, drawing from interviews with key past Stockholm teacher trainers and on our own efforts to update teacher training, we note that sign-bilingual teacher training in Sweden has been ad hoc to this day. The interviewees' accounts highlight that deaf education is essentially about
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Segregation and Desegregation of the Southern Schools for the Deaf: The Relationship between Language Policy and Dialect Development Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01 Ceil Lucas, Robert Bayley, Joseph C. Hill, Carolyn McCaskill
Abstract: Recent research has shown that a distinct variety of American Sign Language, known as Black ASL, developed in the segregated schools for deaf African Americans in the US South during the pre-civil rights era. Research has also shown that in some respects Black ASL is closer than most white varieties to the standard taught in ASL classes and found in ASL dictionaries. This article explores
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Erratum Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Erratum On p. 332 of the spring issue of SLS (vol. 23, no. 3) in "Duets in Sign Language Poetry: A New Form from Old Traditions" by Rachel Sutton-Spence and Victoria Hidalgo Pedroni, the video Marionette was incorrectly attributed to Bruno Ferreira Abrahão and Weslei da Silva Rocha. The correct attribution is to Bruno Ramos and Weslei
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Annual Index To Volume 23 Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-09-01
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Annual Index To Volume 23 Number 1 (Fall 2022): 1–132 Number 2 (Winter 2023): 133–314 Number 3 (Spring 2023): 315–456 Number 4 (Summer 2023): 457–626 Authors Adigun, Timothy Olufemi. See Obosu, Vanderpuye, Opoku-Asare, and Adigun. Bayley, Robert. See Lucas, Bayley, Hill, and McCaskill. Cohen-Koka, Shirit, Bracha Nir, and Irit Meir. "The
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Duets in Sign Language Poetry: A New Form from Old Traditions Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Rachel Sutton-Spence, Victoria Hidalgo Pedroni
Abstract: This article describes the newly developing form of poetic duets in Libras (Brazilian Sign Language). What do the two people performing a sign language duet poem do to make a duet different from a solo poem? How can we categorize their actions and the effects that these actions create? Drawing on examples of duet poems in Libras, we analyze different types of sign language duets to understand
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Illuminating the Paradoxes of Deaf Experience: Bowe, Gannon, and Disability Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Christopher Krentz
Abstract: The last sixty years have been a time of tumultuous change in the American deaf community. Two deaf figures who made a great difference during this period were Frank Bowe and Jack Gannon, who passed away in 2007 and 2022, respectively. Bowe was a prominent disability rights leader, helping to secure more rights for deaf and all disabled Americans, while Gannon helped to advance appreciation
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Reiterative Code-Switching: Argument-Marking in Cena Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Diane Stoianov, Anderson Almeida Silva, Andrew Nevins
Abstract: Situations of language contact are often the norm for sign languages. This article investigates a case of unimodal contact between Cena, a young sign language in its third generation that is used in a small rural community in Brazil, and Libras, the national sign language of Brazil. Our analysis concerns one by-product of this contact: reiterative code-switches, wherein signers produce a
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Toward the Development of Evidence-Based Practices in American Sign Language Instructional Laboratories Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-06-08 Kristen Guynes, Emily Gordon, Christina Vallone
Abstract: Despite the upward trajectory of formal American Sign Language (ASL) instruction, evidence-based practices remain in a rudimentary stage of development. Previously, no known studies had distinctly investigated supplemental ASL laboratories (ASL labs), despite over half of ASL instructors utilizing them alongside their classes. This qualitative study explored the perspectives of eight postsecondary
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A People Remarkable for Action and Gesticulation: Sir William Wilde and His 1854 Survey on Deaf People Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02 John Bosco Conama
Abstract: This article is a critical review of a book by Sir William Wilde (better known as the father of Oscar Wilde) entitled On the Physical, Moral, and Social Condition of the Deaf and Dumb (1854). This book, which is based on the demographic and medical information that he collected from "deaf and dumb" people in the early 1850s, not only contains medical details on how people acquired deafness
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Hesitation Markers in Sign Language of the Netherlands A Corpus-Based Study Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Laura Spijker, Marloes Oomen
Abstract: We present one of the first detailed studies on hesitation marking in a sign language. Based on the analysis of a set of monologues and dialogues from the Corpus NGT (Crasborn and Zwitserlood 2008; Crasborn, Zwitserlood, and Ros 2008), we describe the form and position of manual and nonmanual markers of hesitation in Sign Language of the Netherlands (NGT). We show that palm-up, used as a
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The Case of Mouth Action in Israeli Sign Language Discourse Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Shirit Cohen-Koka, Bracha Nir, Irit Meir
Abstract: This article discusses the function of a particular feature of sign language—mouth action—as it is expressed in various discourse contexts. Specifically, we examine forms of mouthing and mouth gesture as they are used in signed narrative and expository texts, highlighting the signers' choices during the production of these two text types. We propose a new perspective on mouth action types
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The Use of Technology in Sign Language Testing: Results of a Pre-Pandemic Survey Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Tobias Haug, Wolfgang Mann, Franz Holzknecht
Abstract: This study is a follow-up to previous research conducted in 2012 on computer-assisted language testing (CALT) that applied a survey approach to investigate the use of technology in sign language testing worldwide. The goal of the current study was to replicate the 2012 study and to obtain updated information on the use of technology in sign language testing. Another goal was to broaden the
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The Positioning of WH Words in Modern Laos Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02 Emily Jo Noschese
Abstract: This article discusses the positioning of wh words in Modern Laos Sign Language. Research indicates that there are two common patterns for the position of wh words in spoken languages: the initial position and in situ (Dryer 2013). However, in some sign languages, it seems that wh word positioning is sentence-final, as shown in recent research (Woodward 2018) on Southeast Asian sign languages
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Adam Kendon Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2023-03-02
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Adam Kendon This is the first SLS issue that will not have Adam Kendon's name on the list of board members since the fall issue of 2000. Dr. Kendon passed away this past September. SLS would like to recognize his years of service and take the opportunity to highlight some of his lifelong academic accomplishments. Dr. Kendon was a pioneer
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Emergence of a Signing Advantage: An Investigation of Spatial Abilities of Adult Hearing L2 Learners of ASL Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Mary Lou Vercellotti
Abstract: Experience with a visual-spatial language may influence certain cognitive processes (Keehner and Gathercole 2007). Spatial ability is an important cognitive skill (Linn and Petersen 1985). Some research has found that deaf signers outperform hearing nonsigners on certain spatial tasks (e.g., Emmorey, Kosslyn, and Bellugi 1993) and that hearing signing participants outperform new signers and
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Effects of Early ASL Exposure on Fingerspelling Accuracy in Deaf Adults Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Steven T. Kulsar, Brenda C. Seal
Abstract: D/deaf children of Deaf parents reportedly begin learning finger-spelling as young as thirteen months old, but deaf children born to hearing, nonsigning parents lack natural access to the native (spoken) language of their families, often exhibiting later language development. Forty-four deaf adults participated in a fingerspelling test of decoding-encoding pseudowords. The participants offered
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Assessing an Automated Tool to Quantify Variation in Movement and Location: A Case Study of American Sign Language and Ghanaian Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-12 Manolis Fragkiadakis
Signs in sign languages have been mainly analyzed as composed of three formational elements: hand configuration, location, and movement. Researchers compare and contrast lexical differences and similarities among different signs and languages based on these formal elements. Such measurement requires extensive manual annotation of each feature based on a predefined process and can be time consuming
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Master's Theses and Doctoral Dissertations, 2021–2022 Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-12
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: Master’s Theses and Doctoral Dissertations, 2021–2022 Master’s Theses Al Aswadi, Nahwan. 2022. Rendering Sound Effects in Arabic Subtitling for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Audiences. Order No. 29065409, Hamad Bin Khalifa University (Qatar). Andan, Qatherine Emily. 2022. Amodal Phonology: Some Linguistic Knowledge Transcends Modality. Order
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From Freak Show to Jim Crow: A Siamese Twin and His Deaf Daughter in the Antebellum and Postbellum South Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Edna Edith Sayers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Freak Show to Jim Crow:A Siamese Twin and His Deaf Daughter in the Antebellum and Postbellum South Edna Edith Sayers (bio) Eng and Chang Bunker (1811–1874) were conjoined twins of Chinese ethnicity born in Siam (today, Thailand). Before the Civil War, they toured the United States to exhibit themselves as a "human curiosity," a wonder
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Deaf People in Arusha (Tanzania): Experiences with a Multilingual Education System, Mainstream Society's Expectations, Deaf Spaces, and Identity Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Andreas R. Rothe
Abstract: This article follows the often difficult educational path of deaf children in Tanzania, from homes with very little communication to cherished times at deaf (units of) primary schools, through secondary school, which had to be "endured" only, up to work life. It describes challenges and coping strategies, many of which are connected to languages (Tanzanian Sign Language [TSL], also known
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Academic American Sign Language in a Home of Two Deaf Parents and Their Young Deaf Children Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Alayna Finley, Joanna E. Cannon
Abstract: This study examined the extended discourse used by two Deaf parents with their two Deaf children (ages two and four). The study was conducted using an in-depth examination of parental expressive use of American Sign Language, looking at the use of discourse and the features and contexts that offered the most opportunity for rich language interactions. Over forty participant exemplars and
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Corrective Feedback to Second Language Learners of American Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Leslie Gil, Laura Collins
Abstract: This study examined the corrective feedback Deaf teachers used to target handshape, movement, and place-of-articulation errors in introductory American Sign Language (ASL) classes for hearing students. Although feedback is underresearched in bimodal second language (M2-L2) pedagogy, there is some evidence that teacher practices may differ from those observed in spoken L2 classes, notably
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From Freak Show to Jim Crow: A Siamese Twin and His Deaf Daughter in the Antebellum and Postbellum South Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Edna Edith Sayers
In lieu of an abstract, here is a brief excerpt of the content: From Freak Show to Jim Crow:A Siamese Twin and His Deaf Daughter in the Antebellum and Postbellum South Edna Edith Sayers (bio) Eng and Chang Bunker (1811–1874) were conjoined twins of Chinese ethnicity born in Siam (today, Thailand). Before the Civil War, they toured the United States to exhibit themselves as a "human curiosity," a wonder
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Deaf People in Arusha (Tanzania): Experiences with a Multilingual Education System, Mainstream Society's Expectations, Deaf Spaces, and Identity Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Andreas R. Rothe
Abstract: This article follows the often difficult educational path of deaf children in Tanzania, from homes with very little communication to cherished times at deaf (units of) primary schools, through secondary school, which had to be "endured" only, up to work life. It describes challenges and coping strategies, many of which are connected to languages (Tanzanian Sign Language [TSL], also known
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Academic American Sign Language in a Home of Two Deaf Parents and Their Young Deaf Children Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Alayna Finley, Joanna E. Cannon
Abstract: This study examined the extended discourse used by two Deaf parents with their two Deaf children (ages two and four). The study was conducted using an in-depth examination of parental expressive use of American Sign Language, looking at the use of discourse and the features and contexts that offered the most opportunity for rich language interactions. Over forty participant exemplars and
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Corrective Feedback to Second Language Learners of American Sign Language Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 Leslie Gil, Laura Collins
Abstract: This study examined the corrective feedback Deaf teachers used to target handshape, movement, and place-of-articulation errors in introductory American Sign Language (ASL) classes for hearing students. Although feedback is underresearched in bimodal second language (M2-L2) pedagogy, there is some evidence that teacher practices may differ from those observed in spoken L2 classes, notably
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Alignment Mouth Demonstrations in Sign Languages Sign Language Studies Pub Date : 2022-06-17 Donna Jo Napoli, Ronice Müller de Quadros, Christian Rathmann
Abstract: Nonmanual articulations in sign languages range from being semantically impoverished to semantically rich, and from being independent of manual articulations to coordinated with them. But, while this range has been well noted, certain nonmanuals remain understudied. Of particular interest to us are nonmanual articulations coordinated with manual articulations, which, when considered in conjunction