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ERIC Number: EJ1372657
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2023-Apr
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-1081-4159
EISSN: EISSN-1465-7325
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ASL Phonological Fluency: How Do Deaf Signers Retrieve and Produce Signs?
Beal, Jennifer S.; Bowman, Sarah
Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, v28 n2 p178-188 Apr 2023
Researchers have focused on how deaf signing children acquire and use American Sign Language (ASL). One sub-skill of ASL proficiency is ASL phonology. This includes the ability to isolate and manipulate parameters within signs (i.e., handshape, location, and movement). Expressively, signed language phonological fluency tasks have investigated signers' abilities to produce signs given handshape constraints. We expanded the handshape task with the addition of sign production for two given locations with deaf adults and students. We also investigated how adjacent signs were recalled and produced within semantic and phonological clusters. Deaf adults frequently recalled signs with semantic connections and shared location. Students did the same, although shared handshape also facilitated their sign production. Finally, we present implications for ASL instruction with deaf students.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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