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Peer reviewedHolmes, Kathleen M.; Holmes, David W. – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Reports research on the communicative behavior of a hearing child whose parents communicated with him, from birth, in both signs and words. The child's expressive ability accelerated in both modalities and this is possibly attributable to the addition of the signed component. (PJM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Child Language, Language Acquisition
Download full textMaryland Univ., College Park. Cooperative Extension Service. – 1973
Presented are the proceedings from a 1973 national conference on the development of service programs for and with deaf people. Opening papers include an introduction to the use of American Sign Language in community programs, a deaf woman's view of her world, and guidelines for the family physician in diagnosing and treating the deaf. In the next…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Community Resources, Community Role, Conference Reports
