Research Methods in Sign Language Studies

Eleni Orfanidou is Lecturer of Cognitive/Experimental Psychology at the University of Crete, Greece. She was previously Postdoctoral Research Fellow at City University London, UK, and Research Fellow at the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London, UK. She has published on various aspects of psycholinguistics and neurolinguistics in Journal of Cognitive Neuroscience, Journal of Memory and Language, and Nature Communications.Bencie Woll is Professor of Sign Language Studies and Director of the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London, UK. She was elected as a fellow of the British Academy in 2012. She is the co-author or co-editor of many books, including her most recent, Sign Language: An International Handbook (2012) and The Signs of a Savant (2010).Gary Morgan is Professor of Psychology at City University London and Deputy Director of the Deafness Cognition and Language Research Centre at University College London, UK. He has published widely on sign language acquisition, theory of mind development, and psycholinguistic studies of sign languages, and he has developed several tests for assessing language skills in children. He is the co-author of several books, including Directions in Sign Language Acquisition (2002) and The Signs of a Savant (2010).

“Researchers interested in conducting studies on sign languages or in learning more about the range of methods used to study sign languages, will be please to find an easy to use, well organized guide…It is hard to imagine the person who is interested in sign language who would not benefit from this book.” –Sign Language & Linguistics, Volume 22:1 (2019)

• Notes on Contributors viiIntroduction 1Eleni Orfanidou, Bencie Woll, and Gary MorganPart I Collecting Data WITH the Deaf Community 51 Ethics, Deaf-Friendly Research, and Good Practice When Studying Sign Languages 7Jenny Singleton, Amber Martin, and Gary Morgan2 The Deaf Community as a “Special Linguistic Demographic”: Diversity Rather Than Disability as a Framework for Conducting Research with Individuals Who Are Deaf 21Thomas E. Allen3 Dissemination and Transfer of Knowledge to the Deaf Community 41Robert AdamPart II Different Ways of Collecting Sign Language Data 534 Collecting and Analyzing Sign Language Data:Video Requirements and Use of Annotation Software 55Pamela Perniss5 Transcription and Notation Methods 74Onno A. Crasborn6 Instrumented Measures of Sign Production and Perception:Motion Capture, Movement Analysis, Eye-Tracking, and Reaction Times 89Martha E. TyronePart III Collecting Linguistic Data on Sign Languages 1057 Sign Language Fieldwork 107Victoria Nyst8 Research Methods for Studying the Form of Signs 123Rachel Channon9 Methods of Research on Sign Language Grammars 141Carol A. Padden10 Documentary and Corpus Approaches to Sign Language Research 156Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri, Trevor Johnston, and Kearsy Cormier11 Methods in Carrying out Language Typological Research 173Nick Palfreyman, Keiko Sagara, and Ulrike Zeshan12 Data Collection in Sociolinguistics 193Joseph C. HillPart IV Collecting Cognitive Data on Sign Languages 20713 Research Methods in Psycholinguistic Investigations of Sign Language Processing 209Jill P. Morford, Brenda Nicodemus, and Erin Wilkinson14 Methods in Bimodal Bilingualism Research: Experimental Studies 250Ronice Müller de Quadros, Deborah Chen Pichler,Diane Lillo-Martin, Carina Rebello Cruz, L. Viola Kozak,Jeffrey Levi Palmer, Aline Lemos Pizzio, and Wanette Reynolds15 Studying Sign Language Acquisition 281Amy M. Lieberman and Rachel I. Mayberry16 Research Methods in Studying Reading and Literacy Development in Deaf Children Who Sign 300Fiona E. Kyle Part V Collecting Brain Data on Sign Languages 31917 Studying Sign Language Processing Using Functional Neuroimaging Techniques: FMRI, ERP, MEG and TMS 321Cheryl M. Capek and Helen J. Neville18 Studying Sign Language Disorders: Considering Neuropsychological Data 336Peter C. Hauser, David Quinto-Pozos, and Jenny L. Singleton19 Using and Developing Language and Cognitive Assessments with Deaf Signers 352Tanya Denmark and Joanna AtkinsonIndex 000