The Link Between Form and Meaning in American Sign Language: Lexical Processing Effects

Journal of Experimental Psychology: Learning Memory and Cognition

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 550-557

  Thompson, Robin L ^a   Vinson, David P ^a   Vigliocco, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

iconicity; psycholinguistics; semantics; sign language; word recognition

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPREHENSION; FEMALE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; LINGUISTICS; MALE; PATTERN RECOGNITION; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; COMPREHENSION; DEAFNESS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MALE; MULTILINGUALISM; PATTERN RECOGNITION, VISUAL; PSYCHOLINGUISTICS; REACTION TIME; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 65349089581     PISSN: 02787393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0014547     Document Type: Article

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