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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
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Monaghan, Leila F. – Sign Language Studies, 1991
Examines the interplay between "Deaf" and "Christian" identities in a large complex society. A group of Christians who strongly identified themselves as "Deaf" formed a separate "Deaf" church. Differences in religious beliefs, however, led some parishioners of this new church to found a separate "Deaf" Christian church. (22 references) (JL)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Christianity, Churches, Deafness
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Wilbur, Ronnie B.; Petitto, Laura A. – Discourse Processes, 1983
Uses techniques of the study of conversational analysis in oral language in the study of American Sign Language conversations, and concludes that such conversations are structured in ways that parallel those of spoken language. (FL)
Descriptors: Adults, American Sign Language, Discourse Analysis, Interaction