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Peer reviewedGoldin-Meadow, Susan; And Others – Psychological Review, 1996
A model is proposed to explain when communication in the manual modality will assume grammatical properties and when it will not. An experiment with 16 hearing adults suggests the necessity of segmentation and combination in all communication. Manual communication need not be characterized by grammatical properties only when it accompanies speech.…
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Deafness, Grammar
Gonter, Martha A.; Hoemann, H. – 1981
Language tests were administered by videotape to 27 deaf children taught to sign English. The tests, one in manual English (ME) and the other in American Sign Language (ASL) each included twelve grammatical distinctions: two aspects of adjectival modification (opposition and ordering), two types of pluralization (is/are and indicative in ME, dual…
Descriptors: Age Differences, American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness
Download full textGustason, Gerilee – 1997
This digest uses a question-and-answer format to summarize basic information about the use of English-based sign systems with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. English-based sign systems are explained as using the vocabulary of American Sign Language (ASL) with the grammatical and syntactical features of English. These systems include…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Decision Making
