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Peer reviewedStedt, Joseph D.; Moores, Donald F. – Sign Language Studies, 1980
Describes the development of a sign that was understood only by certain members of a group. The stages of evolution are studied from its original gross pattern to a refined, simpler sign. The sign had only two years to develop and was influenced by phonological and social-environmental constraints. (PJM)
Descriptors: Deafness, Dialect Studies, Dialects, Etymology
