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Examining Signer-Specificity Effects In The Perception Of Words In American Sign Language, Hadiya A. Adams
Examining Signer-Specificity Effects In The Perception Of Words In American Sign Language, Hadiya A. Adams
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Variability in talker identity, which is commonly referred to as one type of indexical variation, has demonstrable effects on the speed and accuracy of spoken word recognition. In the current study, I conducted two experiments designed to examine whether talker variability has an effect on the perception of words in American Sign Language. Native and non-native signers participated in two long-term repetition-priming experiments in which they performed two separate blocks of lexical decision trials. In Experiment 1, all participants were native signers. In Experiment 2, all participants were late signers. In both experiments, all participants performed both an easy and …