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Early Holophrastic Communication without a Mature Language Model: Gesture Types at 20 to 26 Months.

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Dalgleish, 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

Sign Language Research and Sociolinguistic Theory.

Deuchar, Margaret – 1978

This paper explores the link between sign language research and sociolinguistic theory. It demonstrates how sign language research benefits from a sociolinguistic approach and provides validation for sociolinguistic theory. Previous research on the sign language of the deaf is reviewed, and a distinction is made between "structure-oriented" and…

Descriptors: Body Language, Communication Skills, Communication (Thought Transfer), Deaf Interpreting