In this book, the authors present current research in the study of sign language. The opening paper concentrates on content structure in an example of formal Kenyan Sign Language discourse: a sermon. The main discussion point is grammatical cohesion, or “how content is structured through textual features that link episodes together in discourse.” The paper analyzes this through references, substitutions, ellipses, discourse markers, and conjunctions. The authors also discuss a study focusing on a computer-based adaptive test of American Sign Language ability known as the American Sign Language Discrimination Test developed at the Rochester Institute of Technology's National Technical Institute for the Deaf. This test measures the propensity for discerning phonological and morphophonogical contrasts in American Sign Language. In this study, the American Sign Language Discrimination Test, or ASL-DT, item pool was expanded to enhance the efficiency of the test along a wider range of a Publisher : Nova Science Pub Inc (November 15, 2017) Language : English Paperback : 126 pages ISBN-10 : 1536128945 ISBN-13 : 978-1536128949 Item Weight : 7.7 ounces Dimensions : 5.75 x 0.25 x 8.75 inches Link download https://nitro.download/view/B5BF00477113DADhttps://nitroflare.com/folder/949760/L00VuZ2xpc2g=
