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Todd, Peyton – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Reviews the book that reports the results of research conducted by Edward Klima, Ursula Bellugi, and others. The book aims to show American Sign Language as a true language and to detail the representational devices that the language employs. A chapter by chapter summary of the reported research is given. (PJM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Research, Manual Communication

American Annals of the Deaf, 1983
An examination of C. Ferguson's characteristics of diglossia (function, prestige, literary heritage, acquisition, standardization, stability, grammar, lexicon, and phonology) questions the assertion that American Sign Language is inferior to signed English. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Diglossia, Hearing Impairments, Linguistics

Mueller-Vollmer, Patricia – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1990
The article considers whether young deaf children of hearing parents should learn American Sign Language (ASL) as their first language and whether teachers in day high school programs should use manual communication. It concludes that, because ASL is the key to deaf culture, it should be used by parents and teachers. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Cultural Influences, Deafness

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

Kacena, Carolyn – Journal of Library Administration, 1987
Describes the situations encountered in an academic library when hiring and training hearing impaired individuals as technicians in the library's cataloging department, as well as the support systems and training modifications used for these employees. (CLB)
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Affirmative Action, American Sign Language, Employment Practices
Stewart, David A. – 1988
This paper argues that current practices in total communication classrooms have basically assigned the responsibility of communication to hearing-impaired students who must adapt to the variation in communication behaviors displayed by each of their teachers. The paper advocates use of a model communication and language policy designed to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments

Stewart, David A.; Akamatsu, C. Tane – Anthropology and Education Quarterly, 1988
Examines the social rejection and acceptance of American Sign Language (ASL) since its introduction in schools for the deaf in 1817. Concludes that the evolutionary nature of ASL binds its use to the deaf community. (Author/FMW)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques, Deafness
Greenwood-Logsdon, Marsha – 1990
This paper examines the evolution of sign language's role in education, beginning with the debate over sign language versus oral communication, followed by the debate over American Sign Language (ASL) versus other sign systems. The paper points out that this debate process is hindering the educational experience for thousands of deaf children and…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Cultural Context, Deafness
Erickson, Marianne – 1991
When evaluating the work of congenitally deaf students whose native language is spatial and semiotic, composition teachers must avoid being what Marjorie Siegel calls "verbocentric," since congenitally deaf students are, in effect, learning to write in a language completely foreign to them in structure, syntax, and grammar. The…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cued Speech, Deafness, English Instruction