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Ferreira-Brito, Lucinda – Sign Language Studies, 1984
mparison of sign language used by Urubu-Kaapor Indians in the Amazonian jungle (UKSL) and sign language used by deaf people in Sao Paulo (SPSL). In the former situation, deaf people are more integrated and accepted into their community than in Sao Paulo, because most hearing individuals are able and willing to use sign language to communicate with…
Descriptors: Comparative Analysis, Cross Cultural Studies, Deafness, Foreign Countries