The sentence repetition task as a measure of sign language proficiency

• Published in: Applied psycholinguistics Vol. 43; no. 1; pp. 157 - 175
• Main Authors: Schönström, Krister, Hauser, Peter C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, USA Cambridge University Press 01.01.2022
• Subjects: American Sign Language; Children; Curricula; Deafness; Delayed language acquisition; Experimental and Cognitive Psychology; General Psychology; Language; Language acquisition; Language and Linguistics; Language assessment; Language proficiency; Language Skills; Language tests; Linguistics; Linguistics and Language; Original Article; Phonology; Psycholinguistics; Repetition; Second language learning; Sentences; Sign Language; Swedish language; teckenspråk; Test validity and reliability; sign language; deaf; test development; sentence repetition test; language assessment

Sign language research is important for our understanding of languages in general and for the impact it has on policy and on the lives of deaf people. There is a need for a sign language proficiency measure, to use as a grouping or continuous variable, both in psycholinguistics and in other sign lan...