The Hands And Mouth Do Not Always Slip Together in British Sign Language: Dissociating Articulatory Channels in the Lexicon

Psychological Science

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 1158-1167

  Vinson, David P ^a   Thompson, Robin L ^a   Skinner, Robert ^a   Fox, Neil ^a   Vigliocco, Gabriella ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Lexical retrieval; Mouthing; Production; Semantic competition; Sign language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; FEMALE; HAND; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOUTH; PATIENT; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; UNITED KINGDOM; VIDEORECORDING;

FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAND; HEARING IMPAIRED PERSONS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; MOUTH; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; VIDEO RECORDING; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 78149430372     PISSN: 09567976     EISSN: 14679280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0956797610377340     Document Type: Article

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