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Power, Des; Hyde, Merv; Leigh, Greg – American Annals of the Deaf, 2008
A sample of elementary school-and high school-age deaf students in special education programs in the Australian state of Queensland using Australasian Signed English (ASE) took the Test of Syntactic Abilities (Quigley, Steinkamp, Power, & Jones, 1978) and wrote a story in response to a wordless picture sequence. Several analyses of the…
Descriptors: Manual Communication, Syntax, Written Language, Deafness
Salk Inst. for Biological Studies, San Diego, CA. – 1987
The manual teaches SignFont, a written form of sign language. Following a brief introduction, the first of three major sections describes the SignFont alphabet, structured according to the parts of every sign that is written (handshape, action area, location, movement). The second section discusses in greater detail how the SignFont characters are…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Expressive Language, Language
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Jones, 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