Signs and Manual Communication Systems: Selection, Standardization, and Development.

Caccamise, Frank; Ayers, Robert; Finch, Karen; Mitchell, Marilyn

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ERIC Number: EJ587758

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1997

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Signs and Manual Communication Systems: Selection, Standardization, and Development.

Caccamise, Frank; Ayers, Robert; Finch, Karen; Mitchell, Marilyn

American Annals of the Deaf, v142 n3 p90-105 Jul 1997

This 1978 article presents general principles of sign selection, standardization and development, guidelines for sign selection, standardization, and development based on the American Sign Language lexicon, and a process for selection, evaluation, development, recording of vocabulary, signs, and fingerspelled words. The selection of manual-communication systems is also discussed. (CR)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, Educational History, Elementary Secondary Education, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Finger Spelling, Higher Education, Sign Language, Standards

Publication Type: Information Analyses; Journal Articles

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Language: English

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Note: Reprinted from American Annals of the Deaf; v123 n7 p877-902 1978.