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The Traditional Group Narrative of Deaf Children.
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Rutherford, Susan – Sign Language Studies, 1985
Examines the group narrative, a folk tradition that is widespread among deaf children. Shows how the use of American Sign Language elements and traditional group narrative style can be used in developing deaf children's appreciation and mastery of English-based texts and the world view they contain. (SED)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Deafness, Folk Culture
Levels of Development in the Language of Deaf Children: ASL Grammatical Processes, Signed English Structures, and Semantic Features.
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Livingston, Sue – Sign Language Studies, 1983
A study of spontaneous sign language of six deaf children of hearing parents, examined three times in a 15-month period, is described. Processes and structures representative of and not representative of signed English were sought at various levels of linguistic complexity, including developing semantics, and compared with American Sign Language.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Deafness
Perception of Sign Features by Deaf Children.
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Hamilton, Harley – Sign Language Studies, 1986
Reports on a study that investigated the perception in deaf children, aged 6 to 10, of American Sign Language signs that differ in only one major parameter to determine whether any of the three parameters (handshape, movement, and location) is more difficult than others for deaf children to discriminate. (SED)
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Sign Language, Children, Deafness
The Acquisition of Classifiers in American Sign Language.
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Kantor, Rebecca – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Studies the developmental stages deaf children pass through in acquiring the adult forms of pronominal classifiers in American Sign Language. Data were obtained on production, comprehension, and imitation from nine children aged 3 to 11. Complexities of classifier usage influence the learning strategies used. (PJM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Cognitive Style, Deafness
Nativization, Linguistic Theory, and Deaf Language Acquisition.
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Gee, James Paul; Goodhart, Wendy – Sign Language Studies, 1985
Considers the acquisition of language by deaf children of deaf parents and by deaf children of hearing parents in the light of such linguistic theories as Andersen's "nativization-denativization" and Bickerton's "bioprograms." Findings both support the theories and bring to light complexities that the theories do not exactly explain. (SED)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Creoles, Deafness
Classifier Recognition by Hearing-Impaired Children in Residential and Public Schools.
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Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Sign Language Studies, 1984
Study indicates that hearing impaired residential students are more proficient users of American Sign Language than are hearing impaired children enrolled in local, public school programs, and older such residential students are more proficient in the language than are younger students. (SL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Comparative Analysis
Imitative Production of ASL Verbs of Movement and Location: A Comparative Study.
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Hamilton, Harley; Lillo-Martin, Diane – Sign Language Studies, 1986
Investigates the differences in the use of certain verbs of movement and location between native ASL learners and children of hearing parents exposed to signing outside the home. Describes the children's use of phonology, morphology, and syntax in repeating target utterances. Relates results to interaction of language acquisition and motor…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Comparative Analysis, Deafness