Age of sign language acquisition has lifelong effect on syntactic preferences in sign language users

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dc.contributor.authorKrebs, Julia
dc.contributor.authorRoehm, Dietmar
dc.contributor.authorWilbur, Ronnie B.
dc.contributor.authorMalaia, Evie A.
dc.contributor.otherSalzburg University
dc.contributor.otherPurdue University
dc.contributor.otherPurdue University West Lafayette Campus
dc.contributor.otherUniversity of Alabama Tuscaloosa
dc.date.accessioned2023-09-28T20:46:24Z
dc.date.available2023-09-28T20:46:24Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractAcquisition of natural language has been shown to fundamentally impact both one's ability to use the first language and the ability to learn subsequent languages later in life. Sign languages offer a unique perspective on this issue because Deaf signers receive access to signed input at varying ages. The majority acquires sign language in (early) childhood, but some learn sign language later-a situation that is drastically different from that of spoken language acquisition. To investigate the effect of age of sign language acquisition and its potential interplay with age in signers, we examined grammatical acceptability ratings and reaction time measures in a group of Deaf signers (age range = 28-58 years) with early (0-3 years) or later (4-7 years) acquisition of sign language in childhood. Behavioral responses to grammatical word order variations (subject-object-verb [SOV] vs. object-subject-verb [OSV]) were examined in sentences that included (1) simple sentences, (2) topicalized sentences, and (3) sentences involving manual classifier constructions, uniquely characteristic of sign languages. Overall, older participants responded more slowly. Age of acquisition had subtle effects on acceptability ratings, whereby the direction of the effect depended on the specific linguistic structure.en_US
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dc.identifier.citationKrebs, J., Roehm, D., Wilbur, R. B., & Malaia, E. A. (2020). Age of sign language acquisition has lifelong effect on syntactic preferences in sign language users. In International Journal of Behavioral Development (Vol. 45, Issue 5, pp. 397–408). SAGE Publications. https://doi.org/10.1177/0165025420958193
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/0165025420958193
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-4700-0257
dc.identifier.orcidhttps://orcid.org/0000-0003-4990-4142
dc.identifier.urihttps://ir.ua.edu/handle/123456789/11827
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherSage
dc.subjectAge of acquisition
dc.subjectage
dc.subjectsign language
dc.subjectAustrian Sign Language
dc.subjectCRITICAL PERIOD
dc.subjectICONICITY
dc.subjectPERCEPTION
dc.subjectMEMORY
dc.subjectSENSITIVITY
dc.subjectEXPERIENCE
dc.subjectVERBOSITY
dc.subjectFORM
dc.subjectROAD
dc.subjectPsychology, Developmental
dc.titleAge of sign language acquisition has lifelong effect on syntactic preferences in sign language usersen_US
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