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Denmark, Tanya; Atkinson, Joanna; Campbell, Ruth; Swettenham, John – Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 2014
Facial expressions in sign language carry a variety of communicative features. While emotion can modulate a spoken utterance through changes in intonation, duration and intensity, in sign language specific facial expressions presented concurrently with a manual sign perform this function. When deaf adult signers cannot see facial features, their…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Nonverbal Communication, Deafness, Hearing Impairments
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Woodward, James – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Handshapes with single finger extension are examined in data from 10 sign languages: American, Australian, British, Finnish, French, Japanese, Providence Island, Rennell Island, Indian, and Swedish. It is concluded that a theory of marking can be developed along the same lines as for spoken language, with only the physiology differing. (Author/MSE)
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Contrastive Linguistics, Descriptive Linguistics, English
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Richardson, John T. E.; Woodley, Alan – Higher Education, 2001
Examined approaches to studying among deaf distance-education students in Britain who preferred either sign language or spoken language. Findings included that deaf students seemed just as capable as hearing students of adopting a meaning orientation, and that there were no differences in approaches to studying related to students' preferred mode…
Descriptors: Cognitive Style, College Students, Comparative Analysis, Deafness