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An Empirical Study of Cipher, Phonological and Syntactic Models of Fingerspelling Production.
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Blasdell, Richard; Clymer, William – American Annals of the Deaf, 1978
Predictions about the length of time needed to fingerspell various strings in four sentences were drawn from cipher, phonological, and syntacitc models of fingerspelling production. (Author)
Descriptors: Adults, Communication Skills, Conceptual Schemes, Finger Spelling
The Acquisition of Inflectional Suffixes by Deaf Youngsters Using Written and Fingerspelled Modes.
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Looney, Patricia A.; Rose, Susan – American Annals of the Deaf, 1979
The acquisition of past tense inflectional suffixes using the written and fingerspelling modes were studied with 24 prelingually deaf children (ages 8 to 15 years) randomly assigned to fingerspelling, writing, and control groups. (PHR)
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Deafness, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research
Lexical Borrowing in American Sign Language.
Battison, Robbin – 1978
This book is written primarily for those studying linguistic topics in the area of sign language, but also can be useful to sign language teachers who want to understand more about American Sign Language (ASL). Pen-and-ink illustrations allow the reader with no knowledge of sign language to follow the discussion. The hypothesis examined in this…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Communicative Competence (Languages), Deafness, Finger Spelling