Comparisons of Language Production in Signers and Speakers Have Found

question 31

Multiple Choice

Comparisons of language production in signers and speakers have found that:

• A) signers articulate signs about twice as fast as speakers articulate words
• B) pauses during production are longer in sign language than in spoken language
• C) signers use fewer pauses than speakers during language production
• D) signers make approximately twice as many slips of the hand as speakers make slips of the tongue during the same interval

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