Description
Book SynopsisResearch Methods in Sign Language Studies is a landmark work on sign language research, which spans the fields of linguistics, experimental and developmental psychology, brain research, and language assessment.
- Examines a broad range of topics, including ethical and political issues, key methodologies, and the collection of linguistic, cognitive, neuroscientific, and neuropsychological data
- Provides tips and recommendations to improve research quality at all levels and encourages readers to approach the field from the perspective of diversity rather than disability
- Incorporates research on sign languages from Europe, Asia, North and South America, and Africa
- Brings together top researchers on the subject from around the world, including many who are themselves deaf
Trade Review“Researchers interested in conducting studies on sign languages or in learning more about the range of methods used to study sign languages, will be please to find an easy to use, well organized guide…It is hard to imagine the person who is interested in sign language who would not benefit from this book.” –Sign Language & Linguistics, Volume 22:1 (2019)
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Eleni Orfanidou, Bencie Woll, and Gary Morgan
Part I Collecting Data WITH the Deaf Community 5
1 Ethics, Deaf-Friendly Research, and Good Practice When Studying Sign Languages 7
Jenny Singleton, Amber Martin, and Gary Morgan
2 The Deaf Community as a “Special Linguistic Demographic”: Diversity Rather Than Disability as a Framework for Conducting Research with Individuals Who Are Deaf 21
Thomas E. Allen
3 Dissemination and Transfer of Knowledge to the Deaf Community 41
Robert Adam
Part II Different Ways of Collecting Sign Language Data 53
4 Collecting and Analyzing Sign Language Data:
Video Requirements and Use of Annotation Software 55
Pamela Perniss
5 Transcription and Notation Methods 74
Onno A. Crasborn
6 Instrumented Measures of Sign Production and Perception:
Motion Capture, Movement Analysis, Eye-Tracking, and Reaction Times 89
Martha E. Tyrone
Part III Collecting Linguistic Data on Sign Languages 105
7 Sign Language Fieldwork 107
Victoria Nyst
8 Research Methods for Studying the Form of Signs 123
Rachel Channon
9 Methods of Research on Sign Language Grammars 141
Carol A. Padden
10 Documentary and Corpus Approaches to Sign Language Research 156
Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri, Trevor Johnston, and Kearsy Cormier
11 Methods in Carrying out Language Typological Research 173
Nick Palfreyman, Keiko Sagara, and Ulrike Zeshan
12 Data Collection in Sociolinguistics 193
Joseph C. Hill
Part IV Collecting Cognitive Data on Sign Languages 207
13 Research Methods in Psycholinguistic Investigations of Sign Language Processing 209
Jill P. Morford, Brenda Nicodemus, and Erin Wilkinson
14 Methods in Bimodal Bilingualism Research: Experimental Studies 250
Ronice Müller de Quadros, Deborah Chen Pichler,
Diane Lillo-Martin, Carina Rebello Cruz, L. Viola Kozak,
Jeffrey Levi Palmer, Aline Lemos Pizzio, and Wanette Reynolds
15 Studying Sign Language Acquisition 281
Amy M. Lieberman and Rachel I. Mayberry
16 Research Methods in Studying Reading and Literacy Development in Deaf Children Who Sign 300
Fiona E. Kyle
Part V Collecting Brain Data on Sign Languages 319
17 Studying Sign Language Processing Using Functional Neuroimaging Techniques: FMRI, ERP, MEG and TMS 321
Cheryl M. Capek and Helen J. Neville
18 Studying Sign Language Disorders: Considering Neuropsychological Data 336
Peter C. Hauser, David Quinto-Pozos, and Jenny L. Singleton
19 Using and Developing Language and Cognitive Assessments with Deaf Signers 352
Tanya Denmark and Joanna Atkinson
Index 000
