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A Preliminary Study on Interpreting for Emergent Signers
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Smith, Caitlin; Dicus, Danica – Sign Language Studies, 2015
Sign language interpreters work with a variety of consumer populations throughout their careers. One such population, referred to as "emergent signers," consists of consumers who are in the process of learning American Sign Language, and who rely on interpreters during their language acquisition period. A gap in the research is revealed…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Language Research, Surveys, Language Acquisition
Levels of Development in the Language of Deaf Children: ASL Grammatical Processes, Signed English Structures, and Semantic Features.
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Livingston, Sue – Sign Language Studies, 1983
A study of spontaneous sign language of six deaf children of hearing parents, examined three times in a 15-month period, is described. Processes and structures representative of and not representative of signed English were sought at various levels of linguistic complexity, including developing semantics, and compared with American Sign Language.…
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Deafness
Assessing Linguistic Diversity in Deaf Criminal Suspects.
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Miller, Katrina R.; Vernon, McCay – Sign Language Studies, 2002
Discusses deaf criminal suspects in two categories. The first involves deaf suspects who are proficient in the use of one or more of the following languages or modes: American Sign language, manually coded English, contact language, and indigenous or foreign sign languages. The second involves deaf suspects who are not proficient in any language.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Criminals, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
When Is a Pidgin Not a Pidgin? An Alternate Analysis of the ASL-English Contact Situation.
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Cokely, Dennis – Sign Language Studies, 1983
Recent sociolinguistic research is used to show that the American Sign Language (ASL)-English contact situation does not result in the emergence of a pidgin as supposed. Variation along the ASL-English continuum can be accounted for by interplay of foreigner talk, judgments of proficiency, and learners' attempts to master the target language.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Descriptive Linguistics, English, Grammar
Classifier Recognition by Hearing-Impaired Children in Residential and Public Schools.
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Luetke-Stahlman, Barbara – Sign Language Studies, 1984
Study indicates that hearing impaired residential students are more proficient users of American Sign Language than are hearing impaired children enrolled in local, public school programs, and older such residential students are more proficient in the language than are younger students. (SL)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Children, Comparative Analysis
A Language-Independent Measure of Communicative Competence for Deaf Adolescents and Adults.
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Lou, Mimi Wheiping; And Others – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Describes a conversation measure for evaluation communicative competence of deaf adolescents and adults in light of: 1) the rationale behind its development; 2) its independence of the subjects' language variety; and 3)its use in a study of 40 deaf adolescents. The interview protocal is give in the Appendix. (Author/LMO)
Descriptors: Adolescents, American Sign Language, Communicative Competence (Languages), Deafness
Competencies Important to Teaching ASL: Perceptions Between Groups.
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Newel, William J. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Data from the job Analysis of Teaching American Sign Language (ASL) survey, which surveyed practicing ASL teachers, was used to compare group perceptions regarding skills and knowledge important to teaching ASL. Results show strong consensus regarding the skills and knowledge important to teaching ASL and support the use of the survey results to…
Descriptors: Age, American Sign Language, Change Strategies, Comparative Analysis