Elsevier

Cognition

Volume 1, Issues 2–3, 1972, Pages 173-200
Cognition

A comparison of sign language and spoken language

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Abstract

Evidence is presented which suggests that a sign in the American Sign Language takes longer to produce than a spoken word, but that a proposition takes about the same amount of time to produce in either language, or either modality for some signers. Properties of American Sign Language which can account for both of these facts are then discussed.

Résumé

Les données présentées ont montré que la production d'un geste dans le American Sign Language (ASL) demande plus de temps que celle d'un mot parlé, mais que la production d'une proposition prend á peu prés le même temps dans les deux langages, et prend le même temps avec chacun des procédés, pour les sujets bilingues. Suit une discussion des propriétés du ASL qui rend compte de ces faits.

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This research was supported by the National Institutes of Health Grant No. 09811-01 to the Salk Institute for Biological Studies.

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