Production and perception of location in signed language

描述（由申请人提供）：拟议的研究的目的是调查的位置在手语的语音参数，在发音语音学的理论框架内，发音手势的详细语音措施的基础上，类似于用于语音研究。本研究是第一个专注于正常成人手语者在运动限制方面的生产，并检查手语感知和生产之间的相互作用。第一个实验将检查在正常和快速条件下，美国手语（ASL）的一组一致的语音位置的运动，以便可以测量这些位置的范围和变化。第二个实验将检查英国手语（BSL）的类似数据，从而允许跨语言比较。最后一个实验将比较ASL和BSL中位置的感知和产生，使用前两项研究的结果作为感知刺激的基础。希望这项研究将导致更好地了解跨语言的变化和共性，以及在手语的语音形式的运动和知觉的限制，从而通知手语结构的理论模型。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): The aim of the proposed research is to investigate the phonological parameter of location in signed language, within the theoretical framework of articulatory phonology, on the basis of detailed phonetic measures of articulatory gestures, similar to those in use for speech research. This study is the first to focus on production in normal adult signers in terms of motor constraints, and to examine the interaction between sign language perception and production. The first experiment will examine movements to a set of consistent phonological locations in American Sign Language (ASL) under normal and fast conditions so that the range and variability of those locations can be measured. The second experiment will examine analogous data in British Sign Language (BSL), thereby allowing for cross-linguistic comparison. The final experiment will compare perception and production of location in both ASL and BSL, using the results of the first two studies as the basis for the perceptual stimuli. It is hoped that this research will lead to a better understanding of cross-language variation and universals, as well as motoric and perceptual constraints on phonological form in signed language, thereby informing both theoretical models of sign language structure.