Sign Recognition Processes in American Sign Language

The Effect of Context

Bibliographic Data

ID10255404
AuthorsLorene E Clark (Northeastern University, corresponding author), Francois Grosjean (0000-0003-1194-857X, Northeastern University)
Year1982
Volume25
Issue4
Pages325-340
Publication date1982-10-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueLanguage and Speech (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0023-8309 • E-ISSN: 1756-6053
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/002383098202500402
OpenAlexW1900863815
LanguageEN
Citations received9
References cited11

The effect of context on sign-recognition processes in American Sign Language (ASL) was studied by means of the gating paradigm (Grosjean, 1980). Individual signs were presented in two different conditions: a context condition in which signs were preceded by a context, and a no-context condition in which they were excised from the signing stream. A strong context effect was found: signs were isolated sooner in context, perfect confidence in the response was reached earlier, and the candidates proposed before the isolation point reflected a narrowing-in process that was both semantic and phonological. Future research in sign recognition and models of lexical access are discussed in light of these findings

American Sign Language · Cognitive psychology · Context (archaeology · Context effect · Geometry · Linguistics · Manually coded language · Point (geometry · Sign (mathematics · Sign language · Sociolinguistics of sign languages · Word (group theory · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems · Hearing Impairment and Communication · History · Language, Metaphor, and Cognition · Mathematics · Psychology

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