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Peer reviewedAldridge, Michelle; Waddon, Alun – Language Awareness, 1995
Results of a survey of 200 parents attending baby and child clinics in North Wales show that parents know less about language development than about other areas of child development. Results suggest that both monolingual and bilingual parents and their children would benefit from improved information on how to facilitate language development. (43…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Foreign Countries, Hypothesis Testing
Peer reviewedAnderson, Diane E.; Reilly, Judy S. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Focuses on the acquisition of negation in American Sign Language (ASL) and the developmental relationship between the communicative and grammatical (or linguistic) headshakes for negation in deaf children acquiring ASL. Results indicate that the systems for communication and language are differentially mediated. (35 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer)
