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Peer reviewedHoffmeister, Robert; Moores, Donald F. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1987
Code switching (between oral and manual communication ) was examined with seven prelingually deaf adults. Deaf signers with deaf parents who learned American sign language (ASL) at an early age evidenced the most code switching behavior and the most English-like signed segments. Early signers with hearing parents were least likely to vary from…
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Code Switching (Language), Communication Skills
Peer reviewedLuetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Sign Language Studies, 1984
Describes code shifting study in communicative behavior of hearing child interacting with deaf child and mother, both of whom signed. Hearing child knew signing, but did not sign at home. Although communication change occurred, code shifting was influenced more by motivational variables and by hearing child's own flexibility with language than by…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Communication Skills
