The Role of Sign Phonology and Iconicity during Sign Processing: The Case of Deaf Children

Autor/inn/en	Ormel, Ellen; Hermans, Daan; Knoors, Harry; Verhoeven, Ludo
Titel	The Role of Sign Phonology and Iconicity during Sign Processing: The Case of Deaf Children
Quelle	In: Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 14 (2009) 4, S.436-448 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1081-4159
DOI	10.1093/deafed/enp021
Schlagwörter	Phonology; Deafness; Children; Assistive Technology; Role; Sign Language; Language Processing; Error Patterns + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Fonologie; Gehörlosigkeit; Taubstummheit; Child; Kind; Kinder; Rollen; Gebärdensprache; Sprachverarbeitung; Fehlertyp
Abstract	To investigate the influence of sign phonology and iconicity during sign processing in deaf children, the roles of these sign features were examined using an experimental sign-picture verification paradigm. Participants had to make decisions about sign-picture pairs, manipulated according to phonological sign features (i.e., hand shape, movement, and location) and iconic sign features (i.e., transparent depiction of meaning or not). We found that phonologically related sign pairs resulted in relatively longer response latencies and more errors whereas iconic sign pairs resulted in relatively shorter response latencies and fewer errors. The results showed that competing lexical sign candidates (neighbor signs) were activated during sign processing by deaf children. In addition, deaf children exploit the iconicity of signs during sign recognition. (As Provided).
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