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Nouns and Verbs in Parent Input in American Sign Language during Interaction among Deaf Dyads
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Fieldsteel, Zoe; Bottoms, Aiken; Lieberman, Amy M. – Language Learning and Development, 2020
Parent input during interaction with young children varies across languages and contexts with regard to the relative number of words from different lexical categories, particularly nouns and verbs. Previous work has focused on spoken language input. Little is known about the lexical composition of parent input in American Sign Language (ASL). We…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Language Usage, Interpersonal Communication, Context Effect
Teaching Children with Language Delays to Say or Sign "More": Promises and Potential Pitfalls
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Lederer, Susan Hendler – Young Exceptional Children, 2018
Teaching young children with language delays to say or sign the word "more" has had strong support from the literature since the 1970s (Bloom & Lahey, 1978; Holland, 1975; Lahey & Bloom, 1977; Lederer, 2002). Semantically, teaching children the word/sign "more" is supported by research on early vocabulary development…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Speech Language Pathology, Delayed Speech, Children
Type of Iconicity Matters in the Vocabulary Development of Signing Children
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Ortega, Gerardo; Sümer, Beyza; Özyürek, Asli – Developmental Psychology, 2017
Recent research on signed as well as spoken language shows that the iconic features of the target language might play a role in language development. Here, we ask further whether different types of iconic depictions modulate children's preferences for certain types of sign-referent links during vocabulary development in sign language. Results from…
Descriptors: Vocabulary Development, Sign Language, Preferences, Age Differences
Sign Language with Babies: What Difference Does It Make?
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Barnes, Susan Kubic – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 2010
Teaching sign language--to deaf or other children with special needs or to hearing children with hard-of-hearing family members--is not new. Teaching sign language to typically developing children has become increasingly popular since the publication of "Baby Signs"[R] (Goodwyn & Acredolo, 1996), now in its third edition. Attention to signing with…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Special Needs Students, Language Acquisition, Hearing Impairments
The MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory: Normative Data for American Sign Language.
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Anderson, Diane; Reilly, Judy – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2002
This article discusses the development of the MacArthur Communicative Development Inventory for American Sign Language (ASL-CDI), a parent report that measures early sign production. Normative data from 69 children (8-36 months) with deafness and their parents with deafness found the development of the ASL-CDI has been successful. (Contains…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Evaluation Methods, Infants
The Use of an Interactive Videodisc and Associated Instructional Materials To Teach Selected Routine and Emergency Phrases in Signed English to the Deaf and Their Hearing Associates. Final Report.
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Gentry, Cass; And Others – 1990
This final report documents a project which developed and investigated the use of interactive videodisc technology to assist in the instruction of signing with deaf children and their associates (such as parents, teachers, peers). The project first identified words and phrases considered essential for interpersonal communications. A videodisc…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Computer Assisted Instruction, Deafness, Grade 5