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Jennifer Sander; Caroline F. Rowland; Amy M. Lieberman – Developmental Science, 2025
Children's ability to share attention with another social partner (joint attention) plays an important role in language development. However, our understanding of the role of joint attention comes mainly from children learning spoken languages, which gives a very narrow, speech-centric impression of the role of joint attention. This study broadens…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Attention, Deafness, Interpersonal Relationship
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Monaghan, Leila F. – Sign Language Studies, 1991
Examines the interplay between "Deaf" and "Christian" identities in a large complex society. A group of Christians who strongly identified themselves as "Deaf" formed a separate "Deaf" church. Differences in religious beliefs, however, led some parishioners of this new church to found a separate "Deaf" Christian church. (22 references) (JL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Christianity, Churches, Deafness