Visual and production similarity of the handshapes of the American manual alphabet.
| Number | 617 |
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| Year | 1985 |
| Drawer | 11 |
| Entry Date | 11/17/1999 |
| Authors | Richards, J. T. & Hanson, V. L. |
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| Publication | Perception & Psychophysics, 38(4), 311-319. |
| url | http://www.haskins.yale.edu/Reprints/HL0617.pdf |
| Abstract | Conducted 2 experiments to examine the nature of handshape similarity for the 26 elements of the American manual alphabet. 40 deaf college students, half native (1st-language) signers of American Sign Language and half nonnative signers, participated in the study. In Experiment I, subjects were asked to base their judgments on visual characteristics of the shapes. In Experiment II, they were asked to base their judgments on aspects of manual shape production. Hierarchical clustering and multidimensional scaling analyses showed the 2 sets of judgments to be quite similar. No clear differences were found between native and nonnative signers in either experiment. Data provide a basis for the future manipulation and detection of manual coding in the processing of verbal stimuli. |
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