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Siyavoshi, Sara – Sign Language Studies, 2017
Because sign languages have two main articulators, signers simultaneously experience both possibilities and constraints in the articulation and perception of linguistic messages. Sign languages commonly convey different linguistic units with each hand, and additional information is conveyed in nonmanual signals. Meaningful perseverations (or sign…
Descriptors: Role, Handedness, Sign Language, Foreign Countries

Todd, Peyton – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Reviews the book that reports the results of research conducted by Edward Klima, Ursula Bellugi, and others. The book aims to show American Sign Language as a true language and to detail the representational devices that the language employs. A chapter by chapter summary of the reported research is given. (PJM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Language Research, Manual Communication

American Annals of the Deaf, 1983
An examination of C. Ferguson's characteristics of diglossia (function, prestige, literary heritage, acquisition, standardization, stability, grammar, lexicon, and phonology) questions the assertion that American Sign Language is inferior to signed English. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Diglossia, Hearing Impairments, Linguistics
Bonvillian, John D.; And Others – 1993
This study examined young children's hand usage when they produced American Sign Language signs and while they played, in order to determine their hand preference in early signing and to compare their hand use in signing with their hand preference in other, nonlinguistic, motor actions. Subjects were 24 young children (from the age of 12 months or…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Handedness, Manual Communication
Moser, Barbara Walsh – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1987
The three major sign language systems (American Sign Language, Pidgin Sign English, and Manual English) are compared in table form. A brief description of each language highlights salient points that parents of deaf children need to understand. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Manual Communication

Quigley, Stephen P.; Paul, Peter V. – Topics in Early Childhood Special Education, 1984
An examination of research on language and systems used with deaf children concluded that oral English and manually coded English have produced only limited results. The approach advocates the instructional use of American Sign Language and the teaching of English as a second language to deaf children. (Authors/CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Language Acquisition
Johnson, Robert C. – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
Surveys completed by 1,760 teachers of hearing impaired students revealed an overwhelming preference for English over American Sign Language as the language used in classroom communication. Signs appeared to be used most consistently in residential and day schools. (CL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deaf Interpreting, English, Hearing Impairments
Vernon, McCay – A.C.E.H.I. Journal, 1987
A review of problems with using such manual communication systems as cued speech, fingerspelling, Signed or Manual English, American Sign Language, and Pidgin Sign provides a rationale for using a combination of American Sign Language and Pidgin Sign and a few markers from Signed English for a Total Communication system. (CB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Cued Speech, Deafness

Schick, Brenda; Gale, Elaine – American Annals of the Deaf, 1995
Twelve stories were told to four profoundly deaf and hard-of-hearing preschool children, using either pure American Sign Language (ASL), pure Signing Exact English (SEE) II, or SEE II with ASL features and structures. Children participated more during story conditions that were either pure ASL or contained ASL signing. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Manual Communication
Seal, Brenda C. – 1991
In order to better evaluate bilingualism in deaf children, this study examined whether observers (N=37) from different backgrounds would agree on deaf children's use of either American Sign Language (ASL) or English signing. Observers represented a range of background experience in a variety of schools and programs; 6 were deaf; 31 were hearing;…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Students, Bilingualism, Deafness
Gustason, Gerilee – 1997
This digest uses a question-and-answer format to summarize basic information about the use of English-based sign systems with children who are deaf or hard of hearing. English-based sign systems are explained as using the vocabulary of American Sign Language (ASL) with the grammatical and syntactical features of English. These systems include…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Deafness, Decision Making

Lipton, Douglas S.; Goldstein, Marjorie F.; Fahnbulleh, F. Wellington; Gertz, Eugenie N. – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
Describes the development of the Interactive Video Questionnaire for interviewing deaf persons. The questionnaire uses videodisc and bar-code readers to present survey questions on screen in American Sign Language, Signed English, speech reading, or as English subtitles. (DB)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Captions, Data Collection, Deafness

Borman, 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

Coryell, Judith; Holcomb, Thomas K. – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1997
Historical and current trends, practices, and perspectives regarding manual communication in educating deaf children are discussed, including Manually Coded English systems and American Sign Language. Issues concerning choice of sign language/systems and instructional strategies that support sign usage (such as Total Communication, Simultaneous…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingual Education, Deafness, Educational Practices
Stewart, David A. – 1988
This paper argues that current practices in total communication classrooms have basically assigned the responsibility of communication to hearing-impaired students who must adapt to the variation in communication behaviors displayed by each of their teachers. The paper advocates use of a model communication and language policy designed to…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Hearing Impairments
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