Controversy within Sign Language.

Vernon, McCay

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ERIC Number: EJ352431

Record Type: CIJE

Publication Date: 1987

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Controversy within Sign Language.

Vernon, McCay

A.C.E.H.I. Journal, v12 n3 p155-64 1987

A review of problems with using such manual communication systems as cued speech, fingerspelling, Signed or Manual English, American Sign Language, and Pidgin Sign provides a rationale for using a combination of American Sign Language and Pidgin Sign and a few markers from Signed English for a Total Communication system. (CB)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Communication Skills, Cued Speech, Deafness, Finger Spelling, Lipreading, Manual Communication, Receptive Language, Sign Language, Total Communication

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Information Analyses; Reports - Evaluative

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Language: English

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