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Aldersson, Russell R.; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa J. – Sign Language Studies, 2008
This article reports on a comparison of lexical items in the vocabulary of Icelandic and Danish sign languages prompted by anecdotal reports of similarity and historical records detailing close contact between the two communities. Drawing on previous studies, including Bickford (2005), McKee and Kennedy (1998, 2000a, 2000b) and Parkhurst and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Sign Language, Word Lists, Vocabulary Development
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Davies, Shawn Neal – Sign Language Studies, 1991
Reports on a four-month study of deaf education programs conducted in Sweden and Denmark in March of 1990, and discusses three aspects of language learning involving deaf children's learning sign language as a first language, Swedish as a second language, and hearing parents' and teachers' learning of Swedish Sign Language. (14 references)
Descriptors: Bilingual Education, Children, Deafness, Foreign Countries