The road to language learning is not entirely iconic: Iconicity, neighborhood density, and frequency facilitate sign language acquisition [PDF]
, 2017 Iconic mappings between words and their meanings are far more prevalent than once estimated, and seem to support children’s acquisition of new words, spoken or signed.
Caselli, Naomi, Pyers, Jennie
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Language impairments in sign language: breakthroughs and puzzles [PDF]
, 2007 Short Report. Background: Specific Language Impairment (SLI) has previously solely been documented for children acquiring spoken languages despite informal reports of deaf children with possible sign language disorder.
Herman, R., Morgan, G., Woll, B.
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Introduction to double issue 41.1–2 on Features
Nordlyd: Tromsø University Working Papers on Language & Linguistics, 2015 This special double issue (41.1 and 41.2) contains 11 articles on the formal properties of linguistic feature systems, all of which were presented at a conference in Tromsø in the fall of 2013. The issue was jointly edited by Martin Krämer, Sandra Ronai,
Peter Svenonius, Martin Krämer
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Fonología y escritura de la lengua de signos española
Estudios de Lingüística, 1999 Our aim in this article is to deepen in our understanding of the phonology of Spanish Sign Language. To this end, we have taken a notion of syllable which is consonant with that of oral languages, in which hand configurations are regarded as ...
Ángel Herrero Blanco +1 more
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An EMG dataset for Arabic sign language alphabet letters and numbers
Data in Brief, 2023 Nowadays, surface electromyography (sEMG) is evolving as a technology for hand gesture recognition. Detailed studies have revealed the capacity of EMG signals to access detailed information, particularly in the classification of hand gestures.
Amina Ben Haj Amor +2 more
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Spelling, phonology and etymology in Hittite historical linguistics, a review article on Kloekhorst, A. Etymological Dictionary of the Hittite Inherited Lexicon (Leiden: 2008) [PDF]
, 2011 This review article addresses the representation of glottal stops in Akkadian and Hittite ...
Bürde +39 more
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On The Linguistic Effects Of Articulatory Ease, With A Focus On Sign Languages [PDF]
, 2014 Spoken language has a well-known drive for ease of articulation, which Kirchner (1998, 2004) analyzes as reduction of the total magnitude of all biomechanical forces involved.
Napoli, Donna Jo +2 more
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The Signs of Silence – An Overview of Systems of Sign Languages and Co-Speech Gestures
ELOPE, 2019 The paper presents an overview of sign languages and co-speech gestures as two means of communication realised through the visuo-spatial modality. We look at previous research to examine the correlation between spoken and sign language phonology, but ...
Emilija Mustapić, Frane Malenica
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Frontiers in Human Neuroscience, 2019 Sign languages are natural languages in the visual domain. Because they lack a written form, they provide a sharper tool than spoken languages for investigating lexicality effects which may be confounded by orthographic processing.
Mary Rudner +10 more
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Visual word recognition in deaf readers: lexicality is modulated by communication mode. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2013 Evidence indicates that adequate phonological abilities are necessary to develop proficient reading skills and that later in life phonology also has a role in the covert visual word recognition of expert readers.
Laura Barca +4 more
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