Academic Scientific JournalsVerbal memory in sign language in D/deaf individuals
Keywords:
verbal memory, sign language, D/deaf individual, verbal memory assessment in sign languageAbstract
This article describes verbal memory in sign language concerning D/deaf individuals who use visual-spatial language on daily basis. This paper presents similarities between verbal memory in sign and in spoken languages; we show current findings about three memory processes: phonological similarity effect, articulatory suppression effect and word length effect. Then, we undertake the subject of memory span that is different for sign language than for spoken language. The memory span, even though it has been intensively analysed by researchers, still need to be explained. The data presented in this article enables us to come to practical reflexion about the problematic subject of verbal memory assessment in sign language, examples of existing tools have been given and the need to prepare verbal memory assessment for Polish Sign Language has been pronounced.
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