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Peer reviewedMeier, Richard P.; Newport, Elissa L. – Language, 1990
Discusses recent research that has examined the early stages of language development in signed and spoken languages as well as suggestions that there is an advantage for the acquisition of signed languages. Specific attention is focused on whether or not a single timing mechanism underlies early milestones in the acquisition of both vocabulary and…
Descriptors: American Indian Languages, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Sign Language
Peer reviewedSingleton, Jenny L.; And Others – Language, 1993
Conventional sign language used by a community of signers over generations was compared with gestures invented by a deaf child over a period of years and with gestures invented by nonsigning hearing individuals on the spot. Findings suggest that an individual can introduce standards of well-formedness, but construction of standards requires…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
