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Peer reviewedPetitto, Laura Ann; Holowka, Siobhan – Sign Language Studies, 2002
Examines whether early simultaneous bilingual language exposure causes children to be language delayed or confused. Cites research suggesting normal and parallel linguistic development occurs in each language in young children and young children's dual language developments are similar to monolingual language acquisition. Research on simultaneous…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Deafness, French
Peer reviewedKantor, Rebecca – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Discusses the modifications in the direction of simplified and more linear language (American Sign Language) used by deaf mothers with their deaf children. (EKN)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedGriffith, Penny L. – Sign Language Studies, 1985
Reports on a study which followed the language development of a hearing son of deaf parents from his seventeenth month to twenty-third month. Various aspects of the child's language acquisition in sign and speech are described, as is his early ability to alternate languages (sign and speech) according to addressee. (SED)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Deafness
