Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined

Name: Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined
Author: Karadoller, D. Z., Sümer, B., Ünal, Ercenur, Ozyurek, A.

İsim	Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined
Yazar	Karadoller, D. Z., Sümer, B., Ünal, Ercenur, Ozyurek, A.
Basım Tarihi:	2022-12
Basım Yeri	- Cambridge University Press
Konu	Sign language, Co-speech gesture, Spatial language, Iconicity, Development
Tür	Süreli Yayın
Dil	İngilizce
Dijital	Evet
Yazma	Hayır
Kütüphane:	Özyeğin Üniversitesi
Demirbaş Numarası	0305-0009
Kayıt Numarası	2a6a264e-9262-4cf3-bd75-6f0f29a54680
Lokasyon	Psychology
Tarih	2022-12
Örnek Metin	Expressing Left-Right relations is challenging for speaking-children. Yet, this challenge was absent for signing-children, possibly due to iconicity in the visual-spatial modality of expression. We investigate whether there is also a modality advantage when speaking-children's co-speech gestures are considered. Eight-year-old child and adult hearing monolingual Turkish speakers and deaf signers of Turkish-Sign-Language described pictures of objects in various spatial relations. Descriptions were coded for informativeness in speech, sign, and speech-gesture combinations for encoding Left-Right relations. The use of co-speech gestures increased the informativeness of speakers' spatial expressions compared to speech-only. This pattern was more prominent for children than adults. However, signing-adults and children were more informative than child and adult speakers even when co-speech gestures were considered. Thus, both speaking- and signing-children benefit from iconic expressions in visual modality. Finally, in each modality, children were less informative than adults, pointing to the challenge of this spatial domain in development.
DOI	10.1017/S0305000922000642

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Sign advantage: Both children and adults’ spatial expressions in sign are more informative than those in speech and gestures combined

Yazar Karadoller, D. Z., Sümer, B., Ünal, Ercenur, Ozyurek, A.

Basım Tarihi 2022-12

Basım Yeri - Cambridge University Press

Konu Sign language, Co-speech gesture, Spatial language, Iconicity, Development

Tür Süreli Yayın

Dil İngilizce

Dijital Evet

Yazma Hayır

Kütüphane Özyeğin Üniversitesi

Demirbaş Numarası 0305-0009

Kayıt Numarası 2a6a264e-9262-4cf3-bd75-6f0f29a54680

Lokasyon Psychology

Tarih 2022-12

Örnek Metin Expressing Left-Right relations is challenging for speaking-children. Yet, this challenge was absent for signing-children, possibly due to iconicity in the visual-spatial modality of expression. We investigate whether there is also a modality advantage when speaking-children's co-speech gestures are considered. Eight-year-old child and adult hearing monolingual Turkish speakers and deaf signers of Turkish-Sign-Language described pictures of objects in various spatial relations. Descriptions were coded for informativeness in speech, sign, and speech-gesture combinations for encoding Left-Right relations. The use of co-speech gestures increased the informativeness of speakers' spatial expressions compared to speech-only. This pattern was more prominent for children than adults. However, signing-adults and children were more informative than child and adult speakers even when co-speech gestures were considered. Thus, both speaking- and signing-children benefit from iconic expressions in visual modality. Finally, in each modality, children were less informative than adults, pointing to the challenge of this spatial domain in development.

DOI 10.1017/S0305000922000642