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Peer reviewedMandel, Mark A. – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Presents three sets of data (signs from the "Dictionary of ASL," 1976; loan signs; and case histories of specific signs) that demonstrate the involvement of the "knuckle-wrist connection" with American Sign Language phonology. (AM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Anatomy, Body Language, Deafness
Peer reviewedMcIntire, Marina – Sign Language Studies, 1977
Examination of American Sign Language--produced by a deaf child acquiring the language from deaf parents, and videotaped at age 13, 15, 18, and 21 months--shows conformity to many of the phonological rules operative for all languages. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Deafness, Handicapped Children
Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1987
Attempts to prove that users of American Sign Language (ASL) do perform within a closed system of manual and nonmanual sign production features (phonemes and distinctive features). Deaf signers are quite capable of creating nonsense words as well as communicating with signers of other languages through pantomime and other paralinguistic features.…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills
