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Mediating Native Swedish Sign Language: First Language in Gestural Modality Interactions at Storytime
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Cramér-Wolrath, Emelie – Sign Language Studies, 2015
This qualitative, longitudinal, single-case study analyzes naturalistic interactions in Swedish Sign Language. Multiple interactions took place mainly between a mother and a deaf twin on twelve occasions. The participants' actions and language structure are examined as the child progressed from ten to forty months of age. The results are presented…
Descriptors: Swedish, Sign Language, Longitudinal Studies, Teaching Methods
Language Intervention with a Child with Hearing Whose Parents Are Deaf.
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Seal, Brenda C.; Hammett, Lisa A. – American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 1995
This case study describes an intervention program with a 20-month-old hearing child with deaf parents. The child was diagnosed as having a significant delay in both spoken and sign language. A home-based intervention program resulted in the child's increased use of sign and spoken vocabulary and the mother's improved interaction style. (Author/DB)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Deafness, Delayed Speech, Environmental Influences
The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2
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Marschark, Marc, Ed.; Spencer, Patricia Elizabeth, Ed. – Oxford University Press, 2010
"The Oxford Handbook of Deaf Studies, Language, and Education, Volume 2," is an updated edition of the landmark original volume. A range of international experts present a comprehensive overview of the field of deaf studies, language, and education. This area has grown dramatically over the past forty years. From work on the linguistics…
Descriptors: Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Linguistics, Sign Language