The Acquisition of Strategies to Express Plurality in Hearing Second Language Learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4756438 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Eveline Boers‐visker (0000-0002-4182-0676, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2023 |
| Volume | 73 |
| Issue | S1 |
| Pages | 101-135 |
| Publication date | 2023-12-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Language Learning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0023-8333 • E-ISSN: 1467-9922 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/lang.12610 |
| OpenAlex | W4388019711 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 31 |
This study reports on strategies to indicate plural referents in hearing learners of Sign Language of the Netherlands. This is the first explorative study that focuses on L2 expressions of plurality in a sign language. Using data from two datasets, I examined when learners start to express plural and which strategies they apply, and I noted typical learner characteristics. The first study examined spontaneous conversations of three learners, during the first 18 months of their learning. The second study analyzed elicited data from 11 learners during their first year of learning. The data reveal that learners are able to express plural referents in early stages, using strategies that are familiar to them (quantifiers) as well as strategies that do not occur in their mother tongue (reduplication of the noun, use of spatial devices). The early emergence might be explained by the salient nature of the devices and the resemblance with gestural portrayals
First language · Language acquisition · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Plural · Salient · Sign (mathematics) · Sign language · Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science · Hand Gesture Recognition Systems · Hearing Impairment and Communication · Language, Discourse, Communication Strategies · Psychology
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| Citations per year | 0.33 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2023 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |