Research Project:
Psycholinguistic Studies
Signed languages present a natural opportunity to explore what aspects of language processing are universal and what aspects are affected by the particular characteristics of audition versus vision or by the specific constraints on manual versus vocal articulation. In this project, we use a variety of psycholinguistic methods to address the following questions:
- Can models of speech production be applied to sign production?
- How do signers monitor their language output to catch signing mistakes?
- How is sign language phonology represented and accessed in the mental lexicon?
- How does speech perception differ from sign perception?
- Do signers and speakers talk about space in the same way?
- How do signers understand spatial pronouns?
- Do signers gesture?
Funding:
This research is supported by the National Institute on Child Health and Human Development (R01 HD13249).
Selected Publications:
Psycholinguistic Studies
- Emmorey, K. (2007). The psycholinguistics of signed and spoken languages: How biology affects processing. In G. Gaskell (Ed). The Oxford Handbook of Psycholinguistics, pp. 703-721, Oxford University Press. read
- Provine, R. & Emmorey, K. (2006). Laughter among deaf signers. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 11, 403-409
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- Thompson, R., Emmorey, K., & Gollan, T. (2005). Tip-of-the-fingers experiences by ASL signers: Insights into the organization of a sign-based lexicon. Psychological Science, 16(11), 856-860. read
- Emmorey, K. (2005). Signing for viewing: Some relations between the production and comprehension of sign language. In A. Cutler (Ed), Twenty-First Century Psycholinguistics: Four Cornerstones, pp. 293-209, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates, Inc., Publishers.
- Emmorey, K., & Falgier, B. (2004). Conceptual locations and pronominal reference in American Sign Language. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 33(4), 321-331. read
- Emmorey, K., McCullough, S., & Brentari, D. (2003). Categorical perception in American Sign Language. Language and Cognitive Processes, 18 (1), 21-45. read
- Emmorey, K.& Casey, S. (2001). Gesture, thought, and spatial language. Gesture, 1(1), 35-50. read
- Emmorey, K., Tversky, B., & Taylor, H. (2000). Using space to describe space: Perspective in speech, sign, and gesture. Spatial cognition and computation, 2, 157-180. read
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