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Direct linkAldersson, Russell R.; McEntee-Atalianis, Lisa J. – Sign Language Studies, 2008
This article reports on a comparison of lexical items in the vocabulary of Icelandic and Danish sign languages prompted by anecdotal reports of similarity and historical records detailing close contact between the two communities. Drawing on previous studies, including Bickford (2005), McKee and Kennedy (1998, 2000a, 2000b) and Parkhurst and…
Descriptors: Semantics, Sign Language, Word Lists, Vocabulary Development
Peer reviewedPrinz, Philip M.; Prinz, Elisabeth A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Reports on an experiment describing the lexical development of a hearing child with a deaf mother and hearing father. Data confirm previous findings that (1) sign emerges before spoken word, (2) acquisition stages are similar in ASL and spoken English, and (3) the child initially develops one lexical system. (Author/AM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, English, Language Acquisition
