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Peer reviewedSuty, Karen A.; Friel-Patti, Sandy – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Examines the spontaneous language of deaf children without forcing the analysis to fit the features of a spoken language system. Suggests linguistic competence of deaf children is commensurate with their cognitive age and is not adequately described by the standard spoken English language tests. (EKN)
Descriptors: Children, Cognitive Development, Deafness, Language Acquisition
