On the relation between ease of articulation and frequency of occurrence of handshapes in two sign languages

Ann, Jean

doi:10.1016/0024-3841(95)00031-3

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“…In contrast, the 'Y' handshape, formed with an extension of the thumb and little finger, is used much less frequently, being listed in only ten lexical signs in the BSL Dictionary (Brien, 1992). Furthermore, marked handshapes are less frequent cross-linguistically than unmarked ones (Ann, 1996).…”

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“…open, closed, curved) of specific parts of the hand (fingers, thumb and wrist). Some handshapes are more difficult to articulate than others, due to constraints on the anatomy and physiology of the different fingers and their joints (Ann, 1996). For example, only the thumb, index and little fingers have independent extensor muscles which allow them to be more easily extended than the middle and ring fingers in one-finger handshapes (i.e.…”

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“…For example, only the thumb, index and little fingers have independent extensor muscles which allow them to be more easily extended than the middle and ring fingers in one-finger handshapes (i.e. handshapes where just one finger is extended and the other fingers are closed; Ann, 1996).…”

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The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

Mann

Marshall

Mason

et al. 2010

Language Learning and Development

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This is the unspecified version of the paper.This version of the publication may differ from the final published version. Permanent repository link AbstractResearch into the effect of phonetic complexity on phonological acquisition has a long history in spoken languages. This paper considers the effect of phonetics on phonological development in a signed language. We report on an experiment in which non-word-repetition methodology was adapted so as to examine in a systematic way how phonetic complexity in two phonological parameters of signed languages -handshape and movement -affects the perception and articulation of signs. 91 Deaf children aged 3-11 years acquiring British Sign Language (BSL), and 46 hearing non-signers aged 6-11, were tested. For Deaf children, repetition accuracy improved with age, correlated with wider BSL abilities, and was lowest for signs that were phonetically complex. Repetition accuracy was correlated with fine motor skills for the youngest children. Despite their lower repetition accuracy, the hearing group were similarly affected by phonetic complexity, suggesting that common visual and motoric factors are at play when processing linguistic information in the visuo-gestural modality.Nonsense sign repetition 3

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The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

Mann

Marshall

Mason

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Language Learning and Development

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“…(For example, Mauk [2003] and Grosvald and Corina [this issue] both compared sign location to vowel formant frequencies.) A few studies have also examined the phonetics of handshape (Cheek 2001;Ann 1996;Mauk 2003) and explored how it relates to phonetic aspects of speech and to the anatomy and physiology of the hands.…”

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Phonetics of sign location in ASL: Comments on papers by Russell, Wilkinson, & Janzen and by Grosvald & Corina

Tyrone

2012

Laboratory Phonology

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“…BoyesBraem (1990) and Ann (1996) examined the anatomical and physiological properties of the hand and forearm to arrive at their respective predictions of markedness. Siedlecki & Bonvillian (1997) noted the order in which children tend to acquire handshapes, and Lane et al (1976) conducted an experiment in which revealed that unmarked handshapes are least often confused in visual perception tasks.…”

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Calculating Frequency of Occurrence of ASL handshapes

Henner¹,

Geer²,

Lillo‐Martin³

2013

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Here we discuss an investigation of handshape markedness based on frequency of occurrence in an ASL database. Using a database of the most frequently used signs in a corpus of child language and other early-acquired signs we examined the handshapes of approximately 1000 signs by using two annotation systems, BTS and Stokoe annotation. Results indicate that the distribution of handshape use on the dominant and non-dominant hands is consistent with the predictions set forth by previous researchers in their examinations of handshape markedness. Our findings are also consistent with investigations handshape frequency in other sign languages, suggesting some cross-linguistic comparability in handshape markedness.

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On the relation between ease of articulation and frequency of occurrence of handshapes in two sign languages

Cited by 31 publications

References 5 publications

The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

The Acquisition of Sign Language: The Impact of Phonetic Complexity on Phonology

Phonetics of sign location in ASL: Comments on papers by Russell, Wilkinson, & Janzen and by Grosvald & Corina

Calculating Frequency of Occurrence of ASL handshapes

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