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Peer reviewedCharrow, Veda R.; Wilbur, Ronnie B. – Theory Into Practice, 1975
This paper focuses upon the deaf as an American Sign Language-using community, out of the English-using mainstream. (RC)
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Deafness, English, Finger Spelling
Peer reviewedReich, Peter A.; Bick, Margaret – Sign Language Studies, 1977
The fingerspelling component of thirteen samples of Visible English (the system of communication in which all speech is supposed to be simultaneoously fingerspelled) used by teachers in classrooms in two schools for the deaf were analyzed linguistically. Only 56 percent of what should have been fingerspelled was present and legible. (Author/CFM)
Descriptors: Deafness, English, English Instruction, Finger Spelling
Download full textStokoe, William C., Jr. – 1969
Charles A. Ferguson's concept of "diglossia" (1959, 1964) is used in analyzing sign language. As in Haitian Creole or Swiss German, "two or more varieties" of sign language are "used by the same speakers under different conditions"--these are here called "High" (H) sign language and "Low" (L) sign language. H sign language is formally taught…
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Deafness, Diglossia, English
Spence, Carol M. – 1971
Some insight into the relationship between language and thought can be achieved through a comparison between American Sign Language and English. This paper discusses several studies on this topic and defines some of the problems. The author feels that the deaf using American Sign Language cannot be considered linguistically deficient. A structural…
Descriptors: American Sign Language, Cognitive Processes, Deafness, Dialects
