People move their hands as they talk–they gesture. Gesturing is a robust phenomenon,
found across cultures, ages, and tasks. Gesture is even found in individuals blind from birth …

Traditionally, models of speech comprehension and production do not depend on concepts
and processes from the phonological short-term memory (pSTM) literature. Likewise, in …

Once signed languages are recognized as natural human languages, a world of exploration
opens up. Signed languages provide a powerful tool for investigating the nature of human …

This is first comprehensive introduction to the linguistics of Auslan, the sign language of
Australia. Assuming no prior background in language study, it explores each key aspect of …

Speech–sign or “bimodal” bilingualism is exceptional because distinct modalities allow for
simultaneous production of two languages. We investigated the ramifications of this …

This is a study of the interaction of phonology with syntax, and, to some extent, with
meaning, in a natural sign language. It adopts the theory of prosodic phonology (Nespor & …

This is a book primarily about signed languages, but it is not a book targeted just at the
community of linguists and psycholinguists who specialize in research on signed languages …

It is common practice to represent spoken languages at their phonetic level. However, for
sign languages, this implies breaking motion into its constituent motion primitives. Avatar …

The highly influential Baddeley and Hitch model of working memory (Baddeley & Hitch,
1974; see also Baddeley, 1986) posited analogical forms of representation that can be …

In two experiments, the question of whether working memory could support an articulatory
rehearsal loop in the visuospatial domain was investigated. Deaf subjects fluent in American …