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Mueller, Vannesa; Sepulveda, Amanda – Early Child Development and Care, 2014
Introduction: Baby sign language is gaining in popularity. However, research has indicated a lack of empirical research supporting its use. In addition, research suggests that baby sign training may increase stress levels in parents. Methods: Nine families with children ranging in age from six months to two years; five months participated in a…
Descriptors: Parent Attitudes, Infants, Workshops, Interpersonal Communication
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Palmer, Stephanie Baker; Fais, Laurel; Golinkoff, Roberta Michnick; Werker, Janet F. – Child Development, 2012
Over their 1st year of life, infants' "universal" perception of the sounds of language narrows to encompass only those contrasts made in their native language (J. F. Werker & R. C. Tees, 1984). This research tested 40 infants in an eyetracking paradigm and showed that this pattern also holds for infants exposed to seen language--American Sign…
Descriptors: Infants, Language Acquisition, Perceptual Development, Auditory Perception
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Caselli, M. Cristina – Sign Language Studies, 1983
Videotaped interaction of six infants, some deaf and some hearing, shows comparable stages and sequences of communicative development; the use of performative gestures or single vocalizations; use of referential gestures; combination of signs, gestures, and words; and signs combined with signs or words with words. (MSE)
Descriptors: Child Development, Communication Skills, Deafness, English
Prinz, Philip M.; Prinz, Elisabeth A. – 1979
This research focused on the initial stage of language development of a hearing child who was acquiring simultaneously both spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL). The report covers the first phase of the longitudinal research on the child's linguistic development, focusing on early word meanings. The data were collected from the time…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Child Language, Concept Formation