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New Evidence for Early Modern Ottoman Arabic and Turkish Sign Systems
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Richardson, Kristina – Sign Language Studies, 2017
The earliest descriptions of Latin finger alphabets were recorded in southern Europe between 1579 and 1589. New literary and visual evidence for sixteenth-century Ottoman Arabic and Ottoman Turkish sign systems are presented and analyzed in this article.
Descriptors: Semitic Languages, Turkish, Alphabets, Sign Language
Sequential Recall and American Sign Language: A Look at LOT
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Hamilton, Harley – Sign Language Studies, 2017
This article investigates the sequential recall of manual alphabet letters by signing deaf adolescents under two presentation conditions: fingerspelling and the listing and ordering technique (LOT) of American Sign Language. Fingerspelling presents each letter in a manner similar to the spelling of spoken words: A letter is produced and then is no…
Descriptors: Sequential Approach, Recall (Psychology), American Sign Language, Alphabets
ASL Skills, Fingerspelling Ability, Home Communication Context and Early Alphabetic Knowledge of Preschool-Aged Deaf Children
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Allen, Thomas E. – Sign Language Studies, 2015
This article reports on a correlational study of language and home factors and their role in fostering the development of alphabetic knowledge among a national sample of 3-, 4-, and 5-year-old deaf children. A structural equation model was constructed and tested in an examination of the combined impacts of student age, finger-spelling ability, and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Finger Spelling, Family Environment, Interpersonal Communication