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Snoddon, Kristin; Wilkinson, Erin – Canadian Modern Language Review, 2019
This article discusses some issues in Canadian sign language recognition in light of the federal government's recent introduction of an "Accessible Canada Act" and related deaf community activism. We identify gaps in knowledge surrounding sign language use, including communicative practices of deaf Indigenous peoples, and outline the…
Descriptors: Sign Language, Deafness, Activism, Language Usage
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Pichler, Deborah Chen; Hochgesang, Julie A.; Lillo-Martin, Diane; de Quadros, Ronice Müller; Reynolds, Wanette – Sign Language Studies, 2016
This article addresses the special challenges associated with collecting longitudinal samples of the spontaneous sign language and spoken language production by young bimodal bilingual children. We discuss the methods used in our study of children in the United States and Brazil. Since one of our goals is to observe both sign language and speech,…
Descriptors: Best Practices, Sign Language, Longitudinal Studies, Bilingualism