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Peer reviewedHaukioja, Timo – Language and Communication, 1993
Examines the relationship between sign language and gesture in language acquisition. Specifically, the question is asked, are sign language and nonlinguistic gestures treated differently by infants acquiring a sign language? The answer is found in reexamining data concerning two deaf children learning American Sign Language (ASL). The data…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Child Language, Communication Research
Peer reviewedAcredolo, Linda P.; Goodwyn, Susan W. – Human Development, 1985
Describes the spontaneous development of 13 symbolic gestures in a normal infant from 12 to 17 months. Sixteen additional symbolic gestures were purposefully taught. Vocal development was advanced, indicating that gesturing is not necessarily related to poor vocal skills. Data support the hypothesis that sensorimotor behaviors are natural…
Descriptors: Body Language, Language Acquisition, Nonverbal Communication, Sign Language
Peer reviewedStokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 2000
Proposes that a mute verbal modeling system gets lodged in the brain, because the brain is human and modeling, representing, and communicating create connections in the brain. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Body Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Deafness, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedSingleton, Jenny L.; And Others – Language, 1993
Conventional sign language used by a community of signers over generations was compared with gestures invented by a deaf child over a period of years and with gestures invented by nonsigning hearing individuals on the spot. Findings suggest that an individual can introduce standards of well-formedness, but construction of standards requires…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deaf Interpreting, Deafness
Peer reviewedCapirci, Olga; Volterra, Virginia; Montanari, Sandro – New Directions for Child Development, 1998
Compared production of gestures, signs, and words by a child simultaneously acquiring sign language and speech to that of a group of children exposed only to speech. Found that exposure to sign language influences the extent to which the manual modality of expression is used for communicative purposes but does not alter the rate or course of…
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Communication Research, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedMarschark, Marc – Applied Psycholinguistics, 1994
Because the relationship of gesticulation to sign language has not received much research attention, this study considers gesture and sign among users of signed and oral languages. Results suggest that gestures produced by deaf individuals can be distinguished from the sign language in which they are embedded, including their semantic and…
Descriptors: Body Language, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Foreign Countries
Emmorey, Karen, Ed.; Reilly, Judy S., Ed. – 1995
A collection of papers addresses a variety of issues regarding the nature and structure of sign language, gesture, and gesture systems. Articles include: "Theoretical Issues Relating Language, Gesture, and Space: An Overview" (Karen Emmorey, Judy S. Reilly); "Real, Surrogate, and Token Space: Grammatical Consequences in ASL American…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Body Language, Brain Hemisphere Functions, Comparative Analysis
Peer reviewedDalgleish, Barrie; Mohay, Heather – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Reports on an investigation into the gestural repertoire of a deaf child raised in an oral environment. (AM)
Descriptors: Body Language, Child Language, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deafness
Peer reviewedZheng, Mingyu; Goldin-Meadow, Susan – Cognition, 2002
Compared gestures of Chinese and American deaf children who had not been exposed to a usable conventional language model with speech of hearing children learning Mandarin or English. Found that deaf children conveyed central elements of motion events in their communications. Deaf American and Chinese children used gestures to express motion in…
Descriptors: Body Language, Children, Cognitive Development, Comparative Analysis
Download full textDromi, Esther; And Others – 1996
This study examined the prelinguistic communicative behaviors of 48 young Israeli children with hearing impairments (ages 8 months to 49 months). Most subjects were severely hearing impaired. Ninety percent were born to hearing parents. A parent questionnaire utilizing a direct observation methodology in six situational contexts was selected,…
Descriptors: Body Language, Cognitive Development, Communication Skills, Deafness
