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Peer reviewedSiedlecki, Theodore, Jr.; Bonvillian, John D. – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1997
Examined longitudinally the handshape aspect of American Sign Language signs in young children of deaf parents. Parents demonstrated on videotape how the children formed the different signs. Findings reveal that four basic handshapes predominated in early sign production, and that the part of the hand involved in contacting a sign's location often…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Deafness, Developmental Stages
