Pragmatic and Linguistic Constraints on Message Formulation: A Cross-Linguistic Study of English and ASL.

Brown, Paula M.; And Others

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ERIC Number: EJ442961

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1991

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Pragmatic and Linguistic Constraints on Message Formulation: A Cross-Linguistic Study of English and ASL.

Brown, Paula M.; And Others

Journal of Speech and Hearing Research, v34 n6 p1346-61 Dec 1991

Forty hearing-impaired adults read and retold short stories, in either English or American Sign Language (ASL). Analysis indicated that there was more explicitness in ASL, with more importance placed on specification of instruments involved in an action. No significant story differences were found between subjects' stories and stories of normal-hearing controls. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, College Students, Contrastive Linguistics, English, Expressive Language, Hearing Impairments, Oral Language, Story Telling

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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