Orit Fuks
Biographic Data
| ID | 1013779 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Orit Fuks |
| GIVEN NAMES | Orit |
| FAMILY NAME | Fuks |
| SIGNATURE | FUKS O |
| AFFILIATIONS | Kaye Academic College of Education |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2206-7276 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 12 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Depiction beyond narrative
Examining weak drop in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) infant-directed signing
Adult-directed signing, like adult-directed speech, often lacks clarity and exhibits features such as sign lowering, shortened duration, and the omission of one hand in two-handed signs (i.e. weak drop). However, no research has yet examined whether these effects are reduced in infant-directed signing. This study investigates weak drop in infant-directed signing by analyzing two-handed signs produced by two deaf mothers interacting with their inf…
Sign Duration in Infant-Directed Signing
This longitudinal study examined how sign duration in Israeli Sign Language infant-directed input is shaped by linguistic and developmental factors. Two Deaf mothers were video-recorded interacting naturally with their hearing children between 10 and 36 months of age. Sign duration decreased with child age, reflecting a shift from pedagogically enriched to more compact input. Iconic signs were elongated relative to non-iconic signs, particularly …
ISL-signing mothers’ practices for boosting hearing-signing children’s engagement in shared reading
This longitudinal multiple-case study research focused on the scaffolding strategies that two Israeli deaf mothers use to boost their young hearing children’s engagement in reading interactions. Despite being significant to language learning, few studies have examined the dialogic reading practices of deaf-signing mothers. The study shows that until the age of 22 months, the mothers shared picture books with their children. Between the ages of 12…
Infants’ Use of Iconicity in the Early Periods of Sign/Spoken Word-Learning
The aim of this research was to analyze the use of iconicity during language acquisition of Israeli Sign language and spoken Hebrew. Two bilingual-bimodal infants were observed in a longitudinal study between the ages of 10–26 months. I analyzed infants’ production of iconic words, signs, and gestures. The results showed that infants’ use of vocal iconicity reached its peak between the ages of 16–20 months. The proportion of imagic iconic signs i…
The distribution of handshapes in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
Our study focuses on the perception of the iconicity of handshapes - one of the formational parameters of the sign in signed language. Seventy Hebrew speakers were asked to match handshapes to Hebrew translations of 45 signs (that varied in degree of iconicity), which are specified for one of the handshapes in Israeli Sign Language (ISL). The results show that participants reliably match handshapes to corresponding sign translations for highly ic…
Intensifier actions in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) discourse
The study describes certain structural modifications employed on the citation forms of ISL during signing for intensification purposes. In Signed Languages, citation forms are considered relatively immune to modifications. Nine signers signed several scenarios describing some intense quality. The signers used conventional adverbs existing in ISL for intensification purposes. Yet, they also employed idiosyncratic modifications on the formational c…
Gradient and categorically
The (non-)random distribution of formational parameters in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
The study questions the prevailing opinion that lexemes are the only relevant units conveying meaning in signed language lexicons. Content analysis performed on 560 entries taken randomly from Israeli sign language (ISL) show that the distribution of the formational parameters of the lexical forms is motivated in the core-lexicon by cognitive-perceptual features triggering lexical paradigms: hence, basic units are actually basic signs. The findin…
Struggle and Compromise Between the Striving for Transparency and the Tendency for Ease of Performance in the Semiotic Phonology of Israeli Sign Language
The phonology of Israeli Sign Language (ISL), unlike the phonology of spoken Israeli Hebrew, is a semiotic phonology. The signed word is built on meaningful basic “building blocks” that function as morphophonemic units in the language. As a result, in the Semiotic Phonology of ISL the basic preference of the human factor to expend minimal physical effort (ease of performance) may conflict with the desire to reach minimal mental effort (transparen…
The Status of “Movement” in the Semiotic Phonology of Israeli Sign Language
The purpose of the current study is to examine whether “movement” is a significant aspect in describing the structure of the signed word in Israeli Sign Language (ISL). Linguists who focused on creating a Phonological Model for the signed word disagree regarding the “phonemic” status of movement as a central phonological category in sign language. Quantitative content analysis performed in this study examined the distribution of the various movem…
Gradient and categorically
Intensifier actions in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) discourse
The study describes certain structural modifications employed on the citation forms of ISL during signing for intensification purposes. In Signed Languages, citation forms are considered relatively immune to modifications. Nine signers signed several scenarios describing some intense quality. The signers used conventional adverbs existing in ISL for intensification purposes. Yet, they also employed idiosyncratic modifications on the formational c…
The distribution of handshapes in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
Our study focuses on the perception of the iconicity of handshapes - one of the formational parameters of the sign in signed language. Seventy Hebrew speakers were asked to match handshapes to Hebrew translations of 45 signs (that varied in degree of iconicity), which are specified for one of the handshapes in Israeli Sign Language (ISL). The results show that participants reliably match handshapes to corresponding sign translations for highly ic…
The (non-)random distribution of formational parameters in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
The study questions the prevailing opinion that lexemes are the only relevant units conveying meaning in signed language lexicons. Content analysis performed on 560 entries taken randomly from Israeli sign language (ISL) show that the distribution of the formational parameters of the lexical forms is motivated in the core-lexicon by cognitive-perceptual features triggering lexical paradigms: hence, basic units are actually basic signs. The findin…
Struggle and Compromise Between the Striving for Transparency and the Tendency for Ease of Performance in the Semiotic Phonology of Israeli Sign Language
The phonology of Israeli Sign Language (ISL), unlike the phonology of spoken Israeli Hebrew, is a semiotic phonology. The signed word is built on meaningful basic “building blocks” that function as morphophonemic units in the language. As a result, in the Semiotic Phonology of ISL the basic preference of the human factor to expend minimal physical effort (ease of performance) may conflict with the desire to reach minimal mental effort (transparen…
The Status of “Movement” in the Semiotic Phonology of Israeli Sign Language
The purpose of the current study is to examine whether “movement” is a significant aspect in describing the structure of the signed word in Israeli Sign Language (ISL). Linguists who focused on creating a Phonological Model for the signed word disagree regarding the “phonemic” status of movement as a central phonological category in sign language. Quantitative content analysis performed in this study examined the distribution of the various movem…
Gradient and categorically
The (non-)random distribution of formational parameters in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
The study questions the prevailing opinion that lexemes are the only relevant units conveying meaning in signed language lexicons. Content analysis performed on 560 entries taken randomly from Israeli sign language (ISL) show that the distribution of the formational parameters of the lexical forms is motivated in the core-lexicon by cognitive-perceptual features triggering lexical paradigms: hence, basic units are actually basic signs. The findin…
Intensifier actions in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) discourse
The study describes certain structural modifications employed on the citation forms of ISL during signing for intensification purposes. In Signed Languages, citation forms are considered relatively immune to modifications. Nine signers signed several scenarios describing some intense quality. The signers used conventional adverbs existing in ISL for intensification purposes. Yet, they also employed idiosyncratic modifications on the formational c…
The distribution of handshapes in the established lexicon of Israeli Sign Language (ISL)
Our study focuses on the perception of the iconicity of handshapes - one of the formational parameters of the sign in signed language. Seventy Hebrew speakers were asked to match handshapes to Hebrew translations of 45 signs (that varied in degree of iconicity), which are specified for one of the handshapes in Israeli Sign Language (ISL). The results show that participants reliably match handshapes to corresponding sign translations for highly ic…
Infants’ Use of Iconicity in the Early Periods of Sign/Spoken Word-Learning
The aim of this research was to analyze the use of iconicity during language acquisition of Israeli Sign language and spoken Hebrew. Two bilingual-bimodal infants were observed in a longitudinal study between the ages of 10–26 months. I analyzed infants’ production of iconic words, signs, and gestures. The results showed that infants’ use of vocal iconicity reached its peak between the ages of 16–20 months. The proportion of imagic iconic signs i…
ISL-signing mothers’ practices for boosting hearing-signing children’s engagement in shared reading
This longitudinal multiple-case study research focused on the scaffolding strategies that two Israeli deaf mothers use to boost their young hearing children’s engagement in reading interactions. Despite being significant to language learning, few studies have examined the dialogic reading practices of deaf-signing mothers. The study shows that until the age of 22 months, the mothers shared picture books with their children. Between the ages of 12…
Depiction beyond narrative
Examining weak drop in Israeli Sign Language (ISL) infant-directed signing
Adult-directed signing, like adult-directed speech, often lacks clarity and exhibits features such as sign lowering, shortened duration, and the omission of one hand in two-handed signs (i.e. weak drop). However, no research has yet examined whether these effects are reduced in infant-directed signing. This study investigates weak drop in infant-directed signing by analyzing two-handed signs produced by two deaf mothers interacting with their inf…
Sign Duration in Infant-Directed Signing
This longitudinal study examined how sign duration in Israeli Sign Language infant-directed input is shaped by linguistic and developmental factors. Two Deaf mothers were video-recorded interacting naturally with their hearing children between 10 and 36 months of age. Sign duration decreased with child age, reflecting a shift from pedagogically enriched to more compact input. Iconic signs were elongated relative to non-iconic signs, particularly …
Hearing Impairment and Communication (11 works) · Linguistics (9 works) · Computer Science (7 works) · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems (7 works) · Psychology (7 works) · Sign language (7 works) · Mathematics (6 works) · Iconicity (5 works) · Philosophy (5 works) · Sign (mathematics) (5 works)