Selected Publications:

Effects of Modality on Language Processing

 
Emmorey, K., McCullough, S., & Brentari, D. (2003). Categorical perception in American Sign Language. Language and Cognitive Processes, 18(1), 21-45. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (2002). The effects of modality on spatial language: How signers and speakers talk about space. In R. P. Meier, K. A. Cormier, & D. G. Quinto-Pozos (Eds), Modality and structure in signed and spoken languages, pp. 405-421, Cambridge University Press. Abstract

Emmorey, K., & Tversky, B. (2002). Spatial perspective in ASL. Sign Language and Linguistics, 5(1), 3-25. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K., & Herzig, M. (2003). Categorical versus gradient properties of classifier constructions in ASL. In K. Emmorey (Ed). Perspectives on classifier constructions in signed languages. pp. 221-246, Mahwah, NJ: Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K.& Casey, S. (2001). Gesture, thought, and spatial language. Gesture, 1, 35-50. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (2001). Space on hand: The exploitation of signing space to illustrate abstract thought. In M. Gattis (Ed), Spatial schemas and abstract thought, pp. 147 — 174, The MIT Press: Cambridge, MA.

Emmorey, K., Tversky, B., & Taylor, H. (2000). Using space to describe space: Perspective in speech, sign, and gesture. Spatial cognition and computation, 2, 157-180. Download PDF file

Emmorey, K. (1999). Do signers gesture? In L. Messing & R. Campbell (Eds.), Gesture, Speech, and Sign, pp. 133-159, Oxford University Press: New York.

Emmorey, K. & Falgier, B. (1999). Talking about space with space. In E. A. Winston (Ed.), Story telling and conversations: Discourse in Deaf communities. (pp. 3 - 26), Gallaudet University Press: Washington, D.C.

Emmorey, K., & Reilly, J. (1998). The development of quotation and reported action: Conveying perspective in ASL. In E. Clark (Ed.), Proceedings of the Stanford Child Language Research Forum, CSLI publications: Stanford, California. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1997). Nonantecedent suppression in American Sign Language. Language and Cognitive Processes. Language and Cognitive Processes, 12(1), 103-112. Abstract

Emmorey, K. & Lillo-Martin, D. (1995). Processing spatial anaphora: Referent reactivation with overt and null pronouns in American Sign Language. Language and Cognitive Processes, 10(6), 631-664. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1995). Processing the dynamic visual-spatial morphology of signed languages. In L. B. Feldman (Ed.) Morphological aspects of language processing: Crosslinguistic Perspectives, pp. 29-54, Erlbaum: Hillsdale, NJ.

Emmorey, K., Bellugi, U., Friederici, A. & Horn, P. (1995). Effects of age of acquisition on grammatical sensitivity: Evidence from on-line and off-line tasks. Applied Psycholinguistics, 16, 1-23. Abstract

Emmorey, K., & Casey, S. (1995). A comparison of spatial language in English and American Sign Language. Sign Language Studies, 88, 255-288. Abstract

Emmorey, K. Corina, D., and Bellugi, U. (1995). Differential processing of topographic and referential functions of space. In K. Emmorey & J. Reilly (Eds). Language, Gesture, and Space, pp. 43-62, Lawrence Erlbaum Associates: Hillsdale, NJ.

Emmorey, K. & Corina, D. (1993). Hemispheric specialization for ASL signs and English words: Differences between imageable and abstract forms. Neuropsychologia, 31(7), 645 - 654. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1993). Processing a dynamic visual-spatial language: Psycholinguistic studies of American Sign Language. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 22(2), 153 - 188. Abstract

Emmorey, K., Norman, F., & O'Grady L. (1991). The activation of spatial antecedents from overt pronouns in American Sign Language. Language and Cognitive Processes, 6(3), 207-228. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1991). Repetition priming with aspect and agreement morphology in American Sign Language. Journal of Psycholinguistic Research, 20(5), 365-388. Abstract

Emmorey, K., & Corina, D. (1990). Lexical recognition in sign language: Effects of phonetic structure and morphology. Perceptual and Motor Skills, 71, 1227-1252. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (1989) Auditory morphological priming in the lexicon. Language and Cognitive Processes, 4(2), 73-92. Abstract

Additional publications - Effects of Modality on language processing:

Selected presentations - Effects of Modality on language processing:

Emmorey, K. (2001). How signers and speakers talk about space: The effects of modality on spatial language. Paper presented at the American Association for the Advancement of Science meeting, February, San Francisco, California. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (2000).Analogue vs. categorical expression of spatial relations in American Sign Language and English. Paper presented at the Psychonomics Society Meeting, November, New Orleans, Louisiana. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (2000). Classifier constructions in sign languages. Paper presented at the symposium on Sign Language Typology: Cross Linguistic Studies of Sign Languages at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language research meeting, July, Amsterdam, Holland. Abstract

Emmorey, K. (2000). Processing co-reference within direct quotation in ASL Poster presented at the CUNY conference on sentence processing, March, San Diego, CA. Abstract

Emmorey, K., & Herzig, M. (2000). Categorical vs. analogue properties of classifier constructions in ASL. Poster presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research meeting, July, Amsterdam, Holland. Abstract

Marsh, S., & Emmorey, K. (2000). Tip-of-the-fingers experiences in Deaf signers. Paper presented at the Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research meeting, July, Amsterdam, Holland. Abstract

McCullough, S., & Emmorey, K., (1999). Perception of emotional and linguistic facial expressions: A categorical perception study with deaf and hearing subjects. Poster presented at the Psychonomics Society Meeting, November, Los Angeles, California. Abstract

Emmorey, K. & Falgier, B. (1999). Processing continuous and simultaneous reference in ASL. Linguistic Society of America, January, Los Angeles. CA. Abstract

Emmorey, K., Faligier, B., & Gernsbacher, M. (1998). Processing ASL vs. reading English: Insights into the nature of suppression mechanisms. Theoretical Issues in Sign Language Research, November, Washington, D.C. Abstract

Corina, D. & Emmorey, K. (1993). Lexical priming in American Sign Language. Psychonomics Society, November, Washington, D.C. Abstract

Emmorey, K. & Corina, D. (1992). Differential sensitivity to classifier morphology in ASL signers. Linguistic Society of America, January, Philadelphia, PA. Abstract

Return to Karen Emmorey's Homepage