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Peer reviewedBraem, Penny Boyes – Language and Speech, 1999
Researchers comparing the signing of deaf early and late learners of Swiss German Sign Language were struck by the difference in the production of signs by two groups of signers. Specifically that the signing of early learners was easier to watch and understand, because it was more rhythmic. Analyses were made of temporal aspects of the production…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Foreign Countries, German
Peer reviewedWelkowitz, Joan; And Others – Language and Speech, 1984
Examines the conversational behavior of eight-year-old Hawaiian boys and girls of either Caucasian or Japanese descent in same ethnic and same-gender pairs or in mixed-ethnic and/or mixed-gender pairs. Results suggest that temporal speech patterns are stable characteristics of children's vocal behavior, and that these conversational rhythms vary…
Descriptors: Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Awareness, Ethnicity
