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Negative Interference of Signed Language in Written English.

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Jones, Philip A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979

Examines the relation of Pidgin Sign English to American Sign Language and the written English of deaf persons. (AM)

Descriptors: Body Language, Deafness, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication

On Borogroves and Code Books.

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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1987

Attempts to prove that users of American Sign Language (ASL) do perform within a closed system of manual and nonmanual sign production features (phonemes and distinctive features). Deaf signers are quite capable of creating nonsense words as well as communicating with signers of other languages through pantomime and other paralinguistic features.…

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills