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Peer reviewedKantor, Rebecca – Sign Language Studies, 1982
Discusses the modifications in the direction of simplified and more linear language (American Sign Language) used by deaf mothers with their deaf children. (EKN)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Infants, Language Acquisition
Peer reviewedJackson, Catherine A. – Sign Language Studies, 1989
A longitudinal study investigated how a hearing child of deaf parents simultaneously acquired American Sign Language and spoken English. Neither of two unique properties of signed language (personal pronouns or "negative" sign markers) facilitated acquisition of English, suggesting that children's acquisition of grammar is relatively…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Child Language, English
Peer reviewedSchick, Brenda S. – Sign Language Studies, 1990
Observation of severely to profoundly deaf four- to nine-year-olds (N=24) producing three types of multi-morphemic classifier predicates in American Sign Language showed that handshape production was influenced both by morphological and syntactic complexity, while handshape errors were not based on anatomical complexity alone. (26 references)…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Child Language, Deafness, Expressive Language
