Proactive Interference & Language Change in Hearing Adult Students of American Sign Language

Describes a study that found, contrary to previous reports, that a strong, symmetrical release from proactive interference (PI) is the normal outcome for switches between American Sign Language (ASL) signs and English words and with switches between Manual and English alphabet characters. Subjects w...

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Published inSign language studies Vol. 86; p. 45
Main Authors Hoemann, Harry W, Kreske, Catherine M
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 01.04.1995
Subjects
American Sign Language
Bilingual Students
Code Switching (Language)
Comparative Analysis
Deafness
English
Higher Education
Interference (Language)
Language Acquisition
Language Fluency
Manual Communication
Measurement Techniques
Proactive Interference
Scoring
Second Language Learning
Storage (Memory)
Visual Learning
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Summary:Describes a study that found, contrary to previous reports, that a strong, symmetrical release from proactive interference (PI) is the normal outcome for switches between American Sign Language (ASL) signs and English words and with switches between Manual and English alphabet characters. Subjects were college students enrolled in their first ASL course. (six references) (LR)
ISSN:0302-1475
DOI:10.1353/sls.1995.0016