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Peer reviewedWoodward, James C. – Sign Language Studies, 1978
Native signs used as basic kin terms in 20 sign languages from several sign language families are examined. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Anthropological Linguistics, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Language Usage
Download full textHoemann, Harry W., Ed. – 1970
The manual attempts to bring changes into the way in which manual communication is currently used by deaf adults or in some schools for the deaf, in order to bring manual communication into a closer parallel to the English language so that signs can be used to teach English to the language handicapped deaf person and particularly to adult…
Descriptors: Communication Problems, Communication (Thought Transfer), English Instruction, Hearing Impairments
Peer reviewedBonvillian, John D.; Friedman, Robert J. – Sign Language Studies, 1978
The article gives an example of how, even though an individual's capacity to use or to learn a spoken language may be significantly impaired by brain damage, the ability to acquire a non-oral language system may remain intact. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes
