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ArticleLanguages (Basel, Switzerland)2022

Fingerspelling and Its Role in Translanguaging.

Brittany Lee, Kristen Secora

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Article in Languages (Basel, Switzerland), 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7 citing papers in PubMed.

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  2. Fingerspelling as a pathway to deaf children's reading: a scoping review.Journal of deaf studies and deaf education · 2026
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2 authors.

Brittany LeePsychological Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT 06269, USA.ORCID 0000-0003-3565-2263
Kristen SecoraTheory and Practice in Teacher Education, University of Tennessee Knoxville, Knoxville, TN 37996, USA.ORCID 0000-0001-7478-1055

Funding

Training in the Cognitive Neuroscience of CommunicationT32DC017703 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT STORRS · PI Inge-Marie Eigsti, Emily B Myers · 2019 to 2026
$2.3M
NIDCD NIH HHS T32 DC017703
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fingerspelling is a critical component of many sign languages. This manual representation of orthographic code is one key way in which signers engage in translanguaging, drawing from all of their linguistic and semiotic resources to support communication. Translanguaging in bimodal bilinguals is unique because it involves drawing from languages in different modalities, namely a signed language like American Sign Language and a spoken language like English (or its written form). Fingerspelling can be seen as a unique product of the unified linguistic system that translanguaging theories purport, as it blends features of both sign and print. The goals of this paper are twofold: to integrate existing research on fingerspelling in order to characterize it as a cognitive-linguistic phenomenon and to discuss the role of fingerspelling in translanguaging and communication. We will first review and synthesize research from linguistics and cognitive neuroscience to summarize our current understanding of fingerspelling, its production, comprehension, and acquisition. We will then discuss how fingerspelling relates to translanguaging theories and how it can be incorporated into translanguaging practices to support literacy and other communication goals.

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American Sign Languagebimodal bilingualismdeaf readersfingerspellingtranslanguaging

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PMID37920277
PMCPMC10622114

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