Descriptor
Source
| Sign Language Studies | 1 |
Author
| Stokoe, William C. | 2 |
Publication Type
| Reports - Research | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Journal Articles | 1 |
Education Level
Audience
Location
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Stokoe, William C. – 1978
The sign language of the American deaf community (ASL) is analyzed from a linguistic point of view. The history of the application of linguistic principles to sign language studies is briefly traced. The cherology (phonology) of sign language is treated with respect to finger spelling, manual numeration, ASL phonetics, and conventions of sign…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, Manual Communication, Morphology (Languages)
Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Examines arguments that language comes from innate, abstract knowledge of universal grammar that signers use to create new grammatical features. (12 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Grammar
