On the role of sign order and morphological structure in memory for American Sign Language sentences.
| Number | 384 |
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| Year | 1982 |
| Drawer | 7 |
| Entry Date | 11/19/1999 |
| Authors | Hanson, V. L., & Bellugi, U. |
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| Publication | Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, 21, 621-633. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0384.pdf |
| Abstract | Sentence processing in a visual-gestural language was investigated by testing signers' (N = 10) recognition for American Sign Language (ASL) sentences. Using a continuous recognition paradigm, sign order & structural changes that altered the meaning of a sentence were noticed at both immediate & delayed (45 seconds) test intervals. Sign order & structural changes that resulted in a paraphrase of an earlier-occurring sentence were noticed only with immediate testing. These results indicate that signers decompose a complex sign into its lexical & inflectional components during sentence comprehension & remember the meaning expressed by these components rather than remembering the exact sign structure. |
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