[HTML][HTML] The contribution of event-related potentials to the understanding of sign language processing and production in the brain: Experimental evidence and future …

D Hernández, A Puupponen… - Frontiers in Communication, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Functional neuroimaging allows investigation of the timing properties of the brain
mechanisms underlying covert language processing. This paper presents a review of the …

Cross-modal translation priming and iconicity effects in deaf signers and hearing learners of American Sign Language

M Mott, KJ Midgley, PJ Holcomb… - … Language and Cognition, 2020 - cambridge.org
This study used ERPs to a) assess the neural correlates of cross-linguistic, cross-modal
translation priming in hearing beginning learners of American Sign Language (ASL) and …

Neurophysiological correlates of frequency, concreteness, and iconicity in American Sign Language

K Emmorey, K Winsler, KJ Midgley… - Neurobiology of …, 2020 - direct.mit.edu
To investigate possible universal and modality-specific factors that influence the
neurophysiological response during lexical processing, we recorded event-related …

Iconic gestures support novel word learning in multilingual students with SLCN in classrooms

N Frey, C Lüke - Child Language Teaching and Therapy, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Learning academic vocabulary is a crucial task for all students, but especially challenging
for students with speech, language, and communication needs (SLCN) and those who are …

[HTML][HTML] Psycholinguistic norms for more than 300 lexical signs in German Sign Language (DGS)

PC Trettenbrein, NK Pendzich, JM Cramer… - Behavior Research …, 2021 - Springer
Sign language offers a unique perspective on the human faculty of language by illustrating
that linguistic abilities are not bound to speech and writing. In studies of spoken and written …

Age of sign language acquisition has lifelong effect on syntactic preferences in sign language users

J Krebs, D Roehm, RB Wilbur… - International journal of …, 2021 - journals.sagepub.com
Acquisition of natural language has been shown to fundamentally impact both one's ability
to use the first language and the ability to learn subsequent languages later in life. Sign …

The Neurocognition of Learning a Second Language in the Visual-Manual Modality

G Meade - The Routledge Handbook of Second Language …, 2023 - taylorfrancis.com
Enrollment in signed language courses is on the rise around the world. In the United States,
the most recent report from the Modern Language Association identified American Sign …

Tracking the time course of sign recognition using ERP repetition priming

K Emmorey, KJ Midgley, PJ Holcomb - Psychophysiology, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Repetition priming and event‐related potentials (ERPs) were used to investigate the time
course of sign recognition in deaf users of American Sign Language. Signers performed a …

[HTML][HTML] Constructed action in American Sign Language: A look at second language learners in a second modality

KB Kurz, K Mullaney, C Occhino - Languages, 2019 - mdpi.com
Constructed action is a cover term used in signed language linguistics to describe multi-
functional constructions which encode perspective-taking and viewpoint. Within constructed …

Iconicity and Gesture Jointly Facilitate Learning of Second Language Signs at First Exposure in Hearing Nonsigners

DZ Karadöller, D Peeters, F Manhardt… - Language …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
When learning spoken second language (L2), words overlapping in form and meaning with
one's native language (L1) help break into the new language. When nonsigning speakers …