Research Project:
ASL Perception & Production: Evidence from Eye Tracking
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Calibrating eye gaze
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Signed languages exhibit properties found in all human languages, but at the same time they include characteristics that are clearly shaped by the visual-spatial modality. One of these properties is the use of eye gaze to mark linguistic contrasts. This project uses head-mounted eye-tracking technology to address the following questions:
- What role does eye gaze play in the grammar of American Sign Language?
- How is the grammar of ASL learned as a second language by hearing people?
- What are the linguistic and cognitive factors that cause shifts in eye gaze during ASL perception?
- How do the linguistic functions of eye gaze interact with the social functions of eye gaze?
Funding:
This research is supported by the National Science Foundation (BCS 0517994).
Selected Publications:
- Thompson, R., Emmorey, K., & Kluender, R. (in press). Learning to
look: The acquisition of eye gaze agreement during the production of
ASL verbs. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition.
- Emmorey, K., Thompson, R., & Colvin, R. (2009). Eye gaze during comprehension of American Sign Language by native and beginning signers. Journal of Deaf Studies & Deaf Education, 14(2), 237-243. read
- Thompson, R.L., Langdon, C., & Emmorey, K. (2009). Understanding the linguistic functions of eyegaze in American Sign Language. Paper presented at the CUNY Conference on Human Sentence Processing, March, 2009, Davis, CA. read
- Thompson, R., & Emmorey, K. (2006). The relationship between eye gaze and pronouns in American Sign Language. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research 9, December, Florianópolis, Brazil.
- Thompson, R., Emmorey, K., & Kluender, R. (2006). The relationship between eye gaze and agreement in American Sign Language: An eye-tracking study. Natural Language and Linguistic Theory, 24, 571-604. read
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