Abstract
Developmental studies show that it takes longer for children learning spoken languages to acquire viewpoint- dependent spatial relations (e.g., "left-right", "front- behind"), compared to the ones that do not (e.g., "in", "on", "under"). The current study investigates how children learn to express viewpoint-dependent relations in a sign language where depicted spatial relations can be communicated in an analogue manner in the space in front of the body or by using body-anchored signs (e.g., tapping the right and left hand/arm to mean LEFT and RIGHT). Our results indicate that visual-spatial modality might have a facilitating effect on learning to express these spatial relations (especially in encoding of "left- right") in a sign language (i.e., Turkish Sign Language) compared to a spoken language (i.e., Turkish).
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
| Place of Publication | Austin, TX |
| Publisher | Cognitive Science Society |
| Pages | 1550-1555 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780991196708 |
| Publication status | Published - 2014 |
| Event | Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society - Quebec City, Canada, 23-26 July 2014 Duration: 1 Jan 2014 → … |
Conference
| Conference | Proceedings of the 36th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society |
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| Period | 1/01/14 → … |