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Second Verse, Same as the First: On the Use of Signing Systems in Modern Interventions for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children in the USA
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Scott, Jessica A.; Henner, Jonathan – Deafness & Education International, 2021
Signing systems that attempted to represent spoken language via manual signs -- some invented, and some borrowed from natural sign languages -- have historically been used in classrooms with deaf children. However, despite decades of research and use of these systems in the classroom, there is little evidence supporting their educational…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, American Sign Language, Teaching Methods
Silence Is Liberating: Removing the Handcuffs on Grammatical Expression in the Manual Modality.
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Goldin-Meadow, Susan; And Others – Psychological Review, 1996
A model is proposed to explain when communication in the manual modality will assume grammatical properties and when it will not. An experiment with 16 hearing adults suggests the necessity of segmentation and combination in all communication. Manual communication need not be characterized by grammatical properties only when it accompanies speech.…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Deafness, Grammar
The Seeds of Spatial Grammar in the Manual Modality
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So, Wing Chee; Coppola, Marie; Licciardello, Vincent; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Cognitive Science, 2005
Sign languages modulate the production of signs in space and use this spatial modulation to refer back to entities--to maintain coreference. We ask here whether spatial modulation is so fundamental to language in the manual modality that it will be invented by individuals asked to create gestures on the spot. English speakers were asked to…
Descriptors: Spatial Ability, Grammar, Manual Communication, Sign Language
A British Sign Language Research Project.
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Brennan, Mary; Colville, Martin – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Describes a research project intended to develop a description, within a generative model, of British Sign Language grammar, with particular focus on time expressions. (AM)
Descriptors: Descriptive Linguistics, Generative Grammar, Grammar, Language Research
The Acquisition of Conditionals in American Sign Language: Grammaticized Facial Expressions.
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Reilly, Judy Snitzer; And Others – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1990
Examines the acquisition of conditional sentences in American Sign Language (which entail the use of both manual signs and grammaticized nonmanual facial expressions) by deaf children. The results indicate that children first acquire manual conditional signs before they employ obligatory grammaticized facial expressions, and also acquire manual…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Expressive Language, Facial Expressions
The Sound of Silence in Nohya: A Preliminary Account of Sign Language Use by the Deaf in a Maya Community in Yucatan, Mexico.
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Shuman, Malcom L. – Language Sciences, 1980
A description of the sign language used in a Mexican village shows its parallels with other sign languages, its similarity to the folk gestural system of Mexico and its distinguishing aspects. Examples illustrate its syntax, grammar and lexicon. (PMJ)
Descriptors: Body Language, Deafness, Field Studies, Folk Culture
Teacher Characteristics and the Degree to which Teachers Incorporate Features of English in Their Sign Communication with Hearing Impaired Students.
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Allen, Thomas E.; Woodward, James – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
The analysis of questionnaire responses of 888 teachers of the hearing impaired found that deaf teachers, teachers with less than six years of experience, and junior high and high school teachers reported incorporating fewer English grammatical features in their sign communication than other teachers. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, English, Grammar