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Peer reviewedCoulter, Geoffrey R. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the role played by relative clauses in American Sign Language. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research, Sentence Structure
Peer reviewedBellman, Kirstie; And Others – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the nature of American Sign Language, indicates its intricate morphological structure, and demonstrates one experimental way of uncovering and validating this structure. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language Research
Peer reviewedGee, James Paul; Kegl, Judy Anne – Discourse Processes, 1983
Examines the narrative story structure of a short American Sign Language narrative using stylistic analysis plus the structure of pausing in the narrative. (FL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Language, Language Research
Maguire, Frank – 1993
Research into the sign languages of the deaf is reviewed, particularly as it relates to the study and use of sign language in the Irish context. The first section offers an overview of deafness, the deaf experience, acquisition of linguistic and social identity, the sociology of the deaf community, and the role of sign language. Subsequent…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Discourse Analysis, Foreign Countries
Peer reviewedWilbur, Ronnie B.; Petitto, Laura A. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Uses techniques of the study of conversational analysis in oral language in the study of American Sign Language conversations, and concludes that such conversations are structured in ways that parallel those of spoken language. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction
Peer reviewedKluwin, Thomas N. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Concludes that differences exist in the classroom behavior of some deaf and some hearing teachers and that what defines the successful teacher is task persistence and clarity. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Classroom Communication, Classroom Techniques
Meier, Richard – 1981
Two possible iconic models of the acquisition of verb agreement in American Sign Language (ASL) are developed and contrasted with a third, morphological account of the acquisition of this aspect of ASL. Additionally, data from spontaneous conversation of deaf children who have deaf parents are considered to test these three models. An iconic model…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Deafness, Discourse Analysis
