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Erin West¹, Shani Dettman¹, Colleen Holt²

¹Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.

Journal of Speech, Language, and Hearing Research : JSLHR

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This study analyzed the expressive sign vocabularies of young Australian Sign Language (Auslan) learners. Findings show a high proportion of nouns and adjectives, suggesting early Auslan exposure benefits vocabulary development.

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Area of Science:

Linguistics
Developmental Psychology
Sign Language Studies

Background:

Early language acquisition is crucial for cognitive development.
Bilingual-bicultural education programs support diverse linguistic skills.
Understanding sign language vocabulary development informs pedagogical approaches.

Purpose of the Study:

To describe the expressive sign vocabularies of children learning Australian Sign Language (Auslan).
To analyze the frequency of word classes (nouns, verbs, adjectives) in young Auslan learners' sign repertoires.

Main Methods:

Documented spontaneous signs from 44 children (aged 3.0-6.8 years) over two years.
Utilized the Handshape Analysis Recording Tool for sign documentation.
Analyzed the resultant corpus for word class frequencies.

Main Results:

A corpus of 3,003 Auslan tokens and 806 sign types was analyzed.
Nouns, adjectives, and verbs comprised 54.1%, 21.0%, and 15.8% of the corpus, respectively.
Preliminary comparisons suggested differences compared to spoken English and American Sign Language data.

Conclusions:

Young Auslan learners' vocabularies are rich in nouns and adjectives.
Early and focused Auslan instruction may foster more diverse expressive sign vocabularies.
Further research with controlled samples is needed to confirm findings.