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Esmail, Jennifer – Sign Language Studies, 2008
This article argues that poetry written by nineteenth-century British and American deaf poets played an important role in the period's sign language debates. By placing the publication of this poetry in the context of public exhibitions of deaf students, I suggest that the poetry was mobilized to publicly defend the linguistic and intellectual…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Poets, Poetry

Dalgleish, Barrie; Mohay, Heather – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Reports on an investigation into the gestural repertoire of a deaf child raised in an oral environment. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness

Finn, Gail – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Personal experience of deafness and related sociological, educational, and psychological views are used to explore the question: How does a deaf individual develop the concept of self through social interaction and in dealing with standard English at school? Ways for deaf children in school to learn standard English are also discussed. (24…
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Deep Structure, Educational Environment