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Peer reviewedOxman, Joel; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1978
Motivational factors and unique characteristics of sign language systems are suggested as contributing to the ability of severely dysfunctional nonverbal children to make progress within a manual communication medium. (Author/EJS)
Descriptors: Autism, Cognitive Development, Delayed Speech, Emotional Disturbances
Peer reviewedBorman, Deborah L.; And Others – American Annals of the Deaf, 1988
Metalinguistic abilities of 20 hearing-impaired children, aged 4-10, were assessed by asking them to judge synonymy of sentence pairs presented in Signed English, Pidgin Sign English, and American Sign Language. None of the children had developed metalinguistic abilities in any of the sign language systems. (Author/JDD)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Elementary Education, Hearing Impairments, Language Acquisition
Peng, Fred C. C., Ed. – 1978
A collection of research materials on sign language and primatology is presented here. The essays attempt to show that: sign language is a legitimate language that can be learned not only by humans but by nonhuman primates as well, and nonhuman primates have the capability to acquire a human language using a different mode. The following…
Descriptors: Animal Behavior, Anthropology, Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer)
