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Beal-Alvarez, Jennifer – ProQuest LLC, 2012
Students who are deaf and use sign language frequently have language delays that affect their literacy skills. Students who use American Sign Language (ASL) often lack fluent language models in both the home and school settings, delaying both the development of a first language and the development of literacy in printed English. Mediated and…
Descriptors: Deafness, Sign Language, American Sign Language, Language Fluency
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Bouchard, Denis – Sign Language Studies, 1996
Discusses arguments that support the position regarding the distribution of non-grammatical markings of negation and of "wh"-scope and emphasizes the importance of looking for deep unifying principles in cross-modal studies of American Sign Language in order to further understanding of Universal Grammar. (33 references) (Author/CK)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Data Analysis, Grammar, Language Research