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Provine, Robert R.; Emmorey, Karen – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2006
The placement of laughter in the speech of hearing individuals is not random but "punctuates" speech, occurring during pauses and at phrase boundaries where punctuation would be placed in a transcript of a conversation. For speakers, language is dominant in the competition for the vocal tract since laughter seldom interrupts spoken phrases. For…
Descriptors: Deafness, Speech, American Sign Language, Manual Communication
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Bragman, Ruth; Hardy, Robert – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1979
Describes a study that investigated the development of pattern recognition and pattern reversal in 20 deaf children aged six through eight and its relation to age of exposure to a gestural symbol system. (Author/DS)
Descriptors: Age Differences, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness