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Kim, Minjeong – Reading Research Quarterly, 2012
This study explores how intertextuality influences the narrative practices of young deaf children in two classrooms. Specifically, the study examines how variations in what texts are made available to juxtapose and variations in how texts are juxtaposed influence the narratives young deaf children produce. A major premise underlying these two…
Descriptors: Deafness, Children, Personal Narratives, Classroom Environment
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Janzen, Terry; O'Dea, Barbara; Shaffer, Barbara – Sign Language Studies, 2001
Outlines basic functions of passive constructions in language in general, and describes in more detail what form this takes in a proposal of American Sign Language (ASL). Compares discourse examples of active and passive constructions in ASL, addresses the role of topicalization in passive constructions, and discusses passives and reference…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Comparative Analysis, Discourse Analysis, Sentence Structure