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Peer reviewedJepson, Jill – Language in Society, 1991
Comparison of Indian rural and urban sign languages of the deaf found that the urban form transmitted information primarily by means of appeal to a shared linguistic code, and the rural form mainly by appeal to communal nonlinguistic knowledge. Both languages employed effective and appropriate means given their environments. (23 references)…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Deafness, Distinctive Features (Language), Foreign Countries
