Space is special in Sign.
Following groundbreaking work by linguists and cognitive scientists over the past thirty years, it is now generally accepted that sign languages of the deaf, such as ASL (American Sign Language) or BSL (British Sign Language), are structured and processed in a similar manner to spoken languages. The one striking difference is that they operate in a wholly non-auditory, visuospatial medium. How does the medium impact on language processing itself?
Campbell
Ruth
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Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PG, London, UK
Woll
Bencie
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