The Alphabetic Principle and Fingerspelling.

Maxwell, Madeline M.

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ERIC Number: EJ380248

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1988

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The Alphabetic Principle and Fingerspelling.

Maxwell, Madeline M.

Sign Language Studies, n61 p377-404 Win 1988

Examination of a profoundly deaf child's fingerspelling in more than 100 hours of interaction videotaped at intervals over six years revealed a gradual acquisition of the rules for fingerspelling and knowledge of the relation of fingerspelling to signs and to printed and spoken words. (Author/CB)

Descriptors: Deafness, Finger Spelling, Language Acquisition, Language Processing, Language Skills, Oral Language, Written Language, Young Children

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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