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Kaplan, Dafna; Berman, Ruth – First Language, 2015
The study examined linguistic flexibility of Hebrew-speaking students from middle childhood to adolescence compared with adults on tasks requiring them to alternate between different versions of varied linguistic stimuli. Lexical flexibility was tested by constructing different words with a shared root and a shared prosodic template;…
Descriptors: Intonation, Syntax, Suprasegmentals, Sentence Structure
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Dachkovsky, Svetlana; Sandler, Wendy – Language and Speech, 2009
While visual signals that accompany spoken language serve to augment the communicative message, the same visual ingredients form the substance of the linguistic system in sign languages. This article provides an analysis of visual signals that comprise part of the intonational system of a sign language. The system is conveyed mainly by particular…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Intonation, Suprasegmentals, Visual Stimuli
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Berkovits, Rochele – Language and Speech, 1980
Indicates that native and nonnative speakers alike can make use of intonation if they explicitly listen for it, although prosodic features are generally ignored when other cues (semantic and pragmatic) are available. (Author/RL)
Descriptors: Adults, Auditory Perception, Foreign Countries, Intonation