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American Sign Language has phonetic properties
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Multiple linguistic and phonetic studies establish that American Sign Language possesses structured formational components, including distinct phonetic properties like coarticulation, movement variation, and systematic phonological organization.

Evidence for · 6
Location, Handshape & Movement: Young Children’s Acquisition of the Formational Aspects of American Sign Language
1993 · cited by 53
The study examines formational aspects of ASL such as handshape, location, and movement, which are foundational to sign language phonology.
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Papers 0, 2, 3, 7, 9, and 11 all provide direct evidence discussing or analyzing the phonological and phonetic properties of American Sign Language (such as movement, location, handshape, coarticulation, and sign reduction). There are no papers refuting the claim.

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Establishing a sonority hierarchy in American Sign Language: the use of simultaneous structure in phonology
1993 · cited by 17
The paper discusses simultaneous structure in American Sign Language phonology and explores how signs are organized phonologically.
Location in ASL
2012 · cited by 14
Research investigates phonetic effects, coarticulation, and location variation in American Sign Language.
Phonetic reduction and variation in American Sign Language: A quantitative study of sign lowering
2012 · cited by 8
The study investigates phonetic reduction and variation in ASL, demonstrating how signs undergo reduction based on phonetic factors and rate.
Gravettian hand stencils as sign language formatives.
2021 · cited by 6
The article explores handshape configurations in the context of sign language phonology and articulatory effort.
Iconicity as an organizing principle of the lexicon.
2025 · cited by 4
The study discusses the phonological structure and systematicity of American Sign Language, confirming that ASL possesses structured phonological properties.
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  1. Location, Handshape & Movement: Young Children’s Acquisition of the Formational Aspects of American Sign Languagepeer-reviewedsupports
  2. Young infants' discrimination of subtle phonetic contrasts.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  3. Establishing a sonority hierarchy in American Sign Language: the use of simultaneous structure in phonologypeer-reviewedsupports
  4. Location in ASLpeer-reviewedsupports
  5. Analysis of the visual spatiotemporal properties of American Sign Language.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  6. Brain-Inspired Multisensory Learning: A Systematic Review of Neuroplasticity and Cognitive Outcomes in Adult Multicultural and Second Language Acquisition.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  7. Effects of Age and Cochlear Implantation on Spectrally Cued Speech Categorization.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  8. Phonetic reduction and variation in American Sign Language: A quantitative study of sign loweringpeer-reviewedsupports
  9. Listeners are initially flexible in updating phonetic beliefs over time.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  10. Gravettian hand stencils as sign language formatives.peer-reviewedsupports
  11. Developmental Language Disorder as Syntactic Prediction Impairment.peer-reviewedno side takennot shown: read and judged not to bear on this claim
  12. Iconicity as an organizing principle of the lexicon.peer-reviewedsupports
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