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Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1978
In the debate over continuities versus discontinuities in the emergence of language, sign language is not taken to be the antithesis, but is presented as the antecedent of spoken languages. (Author/HP)
Descriptors: Deafness, Grammar, Language, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedJones, Philip A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Examines the relation of Pidgin Sign English to American Sign Language and the written English of deaf persons. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Deafness, Manual Communication, Nonverbal Communication
Download full textStokoe, William C. – 1976
"Verbal" and "nonverbal" are confused and confusing terms. Gestural phenomena in semiotic use--gSigns--are called nonverbal but work in three major ways, only the first of which is unrelated to the highly encoded (verbal) activity called language. A gSign may: (1) have a general meaning: "yes,""no,""who…
Descriptors: Finger Spelling, Language Handicaps, Language Skills, Linguistic Theory
Peer reviewedRodriguez, Maria Suarez; Lana, Esteban Torres – American Annals of the Deaf, 1996
Ten-minute video recordings of the dyadic interactions between seven deaf children (mean age 5.5 years) and their communication partners (either deaf or hearing) were analyzed. Findings are reported in terms of interaction variables (initiation, continuation, ending, and complexity) and communicative modalities (sign, actions, conventional…
Descriptors: Deafness, Interaction Process Analysis, Interpersonal Communication, Manual Communication
DiCarlo, Cynthia F.; Stricklin, Sarintha; Banajee, Meher; Reid, Dennis H. – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2001
Evaluation of effects of manual signing on toddlers' verbal and nonverbal communicative behaviors in an inclusive preschool found that teacher signing was accompanied by increases in communicative interactions by toddlers with and without disabilities. No reductive effects on communicative verbalizations were observed for either group. (Contains…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Early Intervention, Inclusive Schools, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedLiles, Betty Z.; And Others – Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools, 1992
Disfluencies in the verbal and signed language of a 10-year-old moderately mentally retarded boy were analyzed. Discussion addresses implications for the accurate characterization of stuttering in manual communication and appropriate approaches to management in such cases. (DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Children, Clinical Diagnosis, Intervention
Peer reviewedHockett, C. F. – American Speech, 1978
Surveys recent literature on the origins of language, and speculates on the history of human language, especially on the factors contributing to the change from a gestoral to a vocal system. (Available from the University of Alabama Press, Periodicals Department, Drawer 2877, University, Alabama 35486.) (AM)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Comparative Analysis, Diachronic Linguistics, Language
Peer reviewedPoon, Brenda T. – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1997
This review of research on language development of hearing children of deaf parents identified three areas of focus: (1) oral language development; (2) sign language development; and (3) mode of communication--oral and/or manual. Areas of future study are suggested. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Development, Deafness, Expressive Language
