Preliminaries to a Distinctive Feature Analysis of Handshapes in American Sign Language.

Lane, Harlan; And Others

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Publication Date: 1976

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Preliminaries to a Distinctive Feature Analysis of Handshapes in American Sign Language

Lane, Harlan; And Others

Cognitive Psychology, 8, 2, 263-89, Apr 76

This model proposes 11 distinctive features for hand configurations (DEZ) in the American Sign Language (ASL) and is based on the results of clustering and scaling analyses to confusion matrices for DEZ identifications in visual noise. The predictive validity, rated similarity, recall, and variants of signs of the model are examined. (DEP)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Memory, Models, Predictive Validity

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