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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, 1995
Examines arguments that language comes from innate, abstract knowledge of universal grammar that signers use to create new grammatical features. (12 references) (CK)
Descriptors: Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness, Grammar
