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Peer reviewedLooney, Patricia A.; Rose, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The acquisition of past tense inflectional suffixes using the written and fingerspelling modes were studied with 24 prelingually deaf children (ages 8 to 15 years) randomly assigned to fingerspelling, writing, and control groups. (PHR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Battison, Robbin – 1978
This book is written primarily for those studying linguistic topics in the area of sign language, but also can be useful to sign language teachers who want to understand more about American Sign Language (ASL). Pen-and-ink illustrations allow the reader with no knowledge of sign language to follow the discussion. The hypothesis examined in this…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Deafness, Finger Spelling
Download full textSpence, Carol M. – 1971
Some insight into the relationship between language and thought can be achieved through a comparison between American Sign Language and English. This paper discusses several studies on this topic and defines some of the problems. The author feels that the deaf using American Sign Language cannot be considered linguistically deficient. A structural…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Dialects
