Differentiating the Use of Gaze in Bilingual-Bimodal Language Acquisition: A Comparison of Two Sets of Twins with Deaf Parents.

Richmond-Welty, E. Daylene; Siple, Patricia

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ERIC Number: EJ591337

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1999

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Differentiating the Use of Gaze in Bilingual-Bimodal Language Acquisition: A Comparison of Two Sets of Twins with Deaf Parents.

Richmond-Welty, E. Daylene; Siple, Patricia

Journal of Child Language, v26 n2 p321-38 Jun 1999

Gaze during utterance was examined in a set of bilingual-bimodal twins acquiring spoken English and American Sign Language (ASL) and a set of monolingual twins acquiring ASL. The bilingual-bimodal twins differentiated their languages by age 3. Like the monolingual twins, the bilingual-bimodal twins established mutual gaze at the beginning of their ASL utterances and either maintained or alternated gaze to include a terminal look. (Author/VWL)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Bilingualism, Child Language, Comparative Analysis, Deafness, English, Eye Contact, Language Acquisition, Language Research, Parent Child Relationship, Parents with Disabilities, Twins, Videotape Recordings

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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