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Articles Describing ASL-LEX

These articles describe the procedures used to create the database, report descriptive statistics for a number of sign properties, and report analyses designed to more deeply understand how phonological, lexical, and semantic factors interact in the ASL lexicon.

• Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Caselli, N., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., & Emmorey, K. (2021). ​The ASL-LEX 2.0 Project: A database of lexical and phonological properties for 2,723 signs in American Sign Language. Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education. doi.org/10.1093/deafed/enaa038.
• Caselli, N., Sevcikova Sehyr, Z., Cohen-Goldberg, A. M., & Emmorey, K. (2017). ASL-LEX: A lexical database of American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods, 49(2), 784-801. doi:10.3758/s13428-016-0742-0

Articles Citing ASL-LEX

• Sevcikova Sehyr, Z. & Emmorey, K. (2021). The effects of multiple linguistic variables on picture naming in American Sign Language. Behavior Research Methods. doi:10.3758/s13428-021-01751-x
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