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← Language & CommunicationIf a sign language user attempts to describe a complex, multi-stage manufacturing process using only spatial grammar within a video call characterized by significant latency, which consequence follows?
A)Increased lexical borrowing from spoken language
B)Enhanced comprehension due to visual redundancy
C)Improved temporal sequencing recall accuracy
D)Reduced communicative efficiency due to spatial overload✓
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Spatial grammar heavily relies on simultaneous presentation; therefore, high latency disrupts the visual encoding process, leading to cognitive overload and reduced communicative efficiency because the temporal alignment of spatial elements is lost, rather than benefiting from redundancy which depends on simultaneity.
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