Mode-Switching & Mode-Finding in a Hearing Child of Deaf Parents.

Griffith, Penny L.

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ERIC Number: EJ323869

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1985

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Mode-Switching & Mode-Finding in a Hearing Child of Deaf Parents.

Griffith, Penny L.

Sign Language Studies, v48 p195-222 Fall 1985

Reports on a study which followed the language development of a hearing son of deaf parents from his seventeenth month to twenty-third month. Various aspects of the child's language acquisition in sign and speech are described, as is his early ability to alternate languages (sign and speech) according to addressee. (SED)

Descriptors: Bilingualism, Child Language, Code Switching (Language), Deafness, Developmental Stages, Hearing (Physiology), Infants, Language Acquisition, Parent Child Relationship, Sign Language, Speech Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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