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ERIC Number: EJ183598
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1978
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Language Development in Another Mode: The Acquisition of Signs by a Brain-Damaged Adult
Bonvillian, John D.; Friedman, Robert J.
Sign Language Studies, 19, 111-20, Sum 78
The article gives an example of how, even though an individual's capacity to use or to learn a spoken language may be significantly impaired by brain damage, the ability to acquire a non-oral language system may remain intact. (Author/NCR)
Descriptors: Communication (Thought Transfer), Communication Skills, Language Acquisition, Learning Processes, Manual Communication, Neurological Impairments, Perceptual Handicaps, Perceptual Motor Learning, Psycholinguistics, Sign Language, Vocabulary Development
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