Research Methods in Sign Language Studies

Notes on Contributors vii

Introduction 1

Eleni Orfanidou, Bencie Woll, and Gary Morgan

Part I Collecting Data WITH the Deaf Community 5

1 Ethics, Deaf-Friendly Research, and Good Practice When Studying Sign Languages 7

Jenny Singleton, Amber Martin, and Gary Morgan

2 The Deaf Community as a ?Special Linguistic Demographic?: Diversity Rather Than Disability as a Framework for Conducting Research with Individuals Who Are Deaf 21

Thomas E. Allen

3 Dissemination and Transfer of Knowledge to the Deaf Community 41

Robert Adam

Part II Different Ways of Collecting Sign Language Data 53

4 Collecting and Analyzing Sign Language Data:

Video Requirements and Use of Annotation Software 55

Pamela Perniss

5 Transcription and Notation Methods 74

Onno A. Crasborn

6 Instrumented Measures of Sign Production and Perception:

Motion Capture, Movement Analysis, Eye-Tracking, and Reaction Times 89

Martha E. Tyrone

Part III Collecting Linguistic Data on Sign Languages 105

7 Sign Language Fieldwork 107

Victoria Nyst

8 Research Methods for Studying the Form of Signs 123

Rachel Channon

9 Methods of Research on Sign Language Grammars 141

Carol A. Padden

10 Documentary and Corpus Approaches to Sign Language Research 156

Jordan Fenlon, Adam Schembri, Trevor Johnston, and Kearsy Cormier

11 Methods in Carrying out Language Typological Research 173

Nick Palfreyman, Keiko Sagara, and Ulrike Zeshan

12 Data Collection in Sociolinguistics 193

Joseph C. Hill

Part IV Collecting Cognitive Data on Sign Languages 207

13 Research Methods in Psycholinguistic Investigations of Sign Language Processing 209

Jill P. Morford, Brenda Nicodemus, and Erin Wilkinson

14 Methods in Bimodal Bilingualism Research: Experimental Studies 250

Ronice Muller de Quadros, Deborah Chen Pichler,

Diane Lillo-Martin, Carina Rebello Cruz, L. Viola Kozak,

Jeffrey Levi Palmer, Aline Lemos Pizzio, and Wanette Reynolds

15 Studying Sign Language Acquisition 281

Amy M. Lieberman and Rachel I. Mayberry

16 Research Methods in Studying Reading and Literacy Development in Deaf Children Who Sign 300

Fiona E. Kyle 

Part V Collecting Brain Data on Sign Languages 319

17 Studying Sign Language Processing Using Functional Neuroimaging Techniques: FMRI, ERP, MEG and TMS 321

Cheryl M. Capek and Helen J. Neville

18 Studying Sign Language Disorders: Considering Neuropsychological Data 336

Peter C. Hauser, David Quinto-Pozos, and Jenny L. Singleton

19 Using and Developing Language and Cognitive Assessments with Deaf Signers 352

Tanya Denmark and Joanna Atkinson

Index 000