Affiliation:
1. The University of Texas at Austin
Abstract
Abstract
This study examines whether a multi-faceted construct of language dominance developed for spoken languages applies
to signed language bilinguals. Sign languages have been described as highly iconic and relatively similar to each other compared
to spoken languages. Attaining fluency in the signed modality might well require considerably less effort, and balanced
bilingualism may be more prevalent in the signed modality. Language dominance constructs, as currently understood, might differ in
the spoken and signed modality. Forty bilinguals with two sign languages responded to a language dominance questionnaire developed
for spoken languages and performed a phonological fluency (sign generation) task. Language dominance levels were found to vary in
the signed modality. The correlation between reported dominance levels and the number of signs generated in each sign language was
significant, suggesting that the construct of language dominance tested is robust and independent of modality.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Subject
Linguistics and Language,Communication,Language and Linguistics
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