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Direct linkSo, Wing Chee; Coppola, Marie; Licciardello, Vincent; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Cognitive Science, 2005
Sign languages modulate the production of signs in space and use this spatial modulation to refer back to entities--to maintain coreference. We ask here whether spatial modulation is so fundamental to language in the manual modality that it will be invented by individuals asked to create gestures on the spot. English speakers were asked to…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Grammar, Manual Communication, Sign Language
