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2 - Modality Effects

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 November 2019

Diane Brentari
Diane Brentari
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University of Chicago
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There are numerous differences between signed and spoken languages due to the different communication modalities they use, but which ones actually matter for phonology? In this chapter, a range of differences will be laid out: environmental ones, those that depend on the signal, and those related to phonetic and phonological forms. Through the course of this discussion we will see that, despite the major differences between the visual-gestural and auditory-vocal systems used in the two types of languages, many of the same abstract mechanisms are employed by signed and spoken languages.

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sonorityauditionvisionvocal apparatusarticulatory gestureoscillatorsequential processingsimultaneous processingcomplexity
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Sign Language Phonology , pp. 44 - 74
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2019

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2.9 Further Reading

Berent, I., Dupuis, A., & Brentari, D. (2013). Amodal aspects of linguistic design: Evidence from sign language. PLOS ONE, 8, 1–17.CrossRefGoogle Scholar
Bosworth, R., Wright, C., Bartlett, M., Corina, D., & Dobkins, K. (2003). Characterization of the visual properties of signs in ASL. In Baker, A., van den Bogaerde, B., & Crasborn, O. (eds.), Cross-Linguistic Perspectives in Sign Language Research (pp. 265–82). Hamburg: Signum.Google Scholar
Brentari, D. (2002). Modality differences in sign language phonology and morphophonemics. In Meier, R., Quinto, D., & Cormier, K (eds.), Modality in Language and Linguistic Theory (pp. 35–64). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.Google Scholar
Fowler, C. A. (2004). Speech as a supramodal or amodal phenomenon. In Calvert, G., Spence, C., & Stein, B. E. (eds.), Handbook of Multisensory Processes (pp. 189–201). Cambridge, MA: MIT.Google Scholar
Meier, R. (2012). Language and modality. In Pfau, R., Steinbach, M., & Woll, B. (eds.), Sign Language: An International Handbook (pp. 574–601). Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter.CrossRefGoogle Scholar

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  • Modality Effects
  • Diane Brentari, University of Chicago
  • Book: Sign Language Phonology
  • Online publication: 04 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286401.002
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  • Modality Effects
  • Diane Brentari, University of Chicago
  • Book: Sign Language Phonology
  • Online publication: 04 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286401.002
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  • Modality Effects
  • Diane Brentari, University of Chicago
  • Book: Sign Language Phonology
  • Online publication: 04 November 2019
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316286401.002
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