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This chapter explains the phonemic status of handshape change in ASL, the signed language of the American Deaf. Hand-shape sequences in ASL signs may arise from a variety of sources. The chapter discusses differences in the inventories and composition of handshape sequences found in various ...
ASL-LEX reports the frequency of each value of the six phonological properties described above, plus handshape (unique combinations of flexion and selected fingers). Neighborhood density refers to the number of signs that are phonologically similar to a given target sign. We provide three broad ...
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The completion point of each stimulus sign was iden- tified, by which we mean the video frame within which all of the sign's parameters could first be detected to be in place: hand shape, orientation, movement, and location. The com- pletion point was then made the midpoint of the ...
All human languages possess a variety of right ways to say things. The same is true of ASL. There are a variety of "right ways" to structure your sentences in ASL. You can use more or fewer signs and rearrange them depending on the context of your sentence and what you want to emphas...
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Handshape stories are a creative and more simple form of storytelling and poetry in ASL. Handshape stories are stories that are signed using the letters of the alphabet, numbers, or other handshapes. The same way that hearing children learn parts of language through songs, Deaf children learn...
All signs with more than one handshape are represented by a handshape tier to which an opening or closing feature is attached. There remains a class of exceptions consisting of a sequence of finger-spelled handshapes; confined to loan signs, they lie outside the phonology of ASL signs. ...