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Space is special in Sign.

Ruth Campbell1, Bencie Woll

  • 1Department of Human Communication Science, University College London, Chandler House, 2 Wakefield Street, WC1N 1PG, London, UK

Trends in Cognitive Sciences
|January 9, 2003
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Sign languages like American Sign Language (ASL) are linguistically similar to spoken languages but use a visual medium. Research explores how this visuospatial modality impacts language processing in the deaf community.

Area of Science:

  • Linguistics
  • Cognitive Science
  • Psychology

Background:

  • Sign languages, such as American Sign Language (ASL) and British Sign Language (BSL), are recognized as fully linguistic systems.
  • Decades of research confirm their structural and processing similarities to spoken languages.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of the visuospatial modality on sign language processing.
  • To understand how operating in a non-auditory medium influences cognitive mechanisms underlying language.

Main Methods:

  • This study synthesizes findings from linguistics and cognitive science.
  • It analyzes existing research on the processing of signed languages.

Main Results:

  • Sign languages are processed similarly to spoken languages despite their visual nature.

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  • The visuospatial medium presents unique processing demands and adaptations.

    • Conclusions:

    • The modality of a language significantly influences its processing.
    • Understanding sign language processing offers insights into the flexibility of the human language faculty.