Individual Differences in the Signed Communication of Deaf Children.

Suty, Karen A.

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ERIC Number: EJ349252

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Publication Date: 1986

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Individual Differences in the Signed Communication of Deaf Children.

Suty, Karen A.

American Annals of the Deaf, v131 n4 p298-304 Oct 1986

Analysis of spontaneous storytelling samples of deaf 5- to 7-year-olds (N=15), all exposed to manually coded English for some time, differentially showed characteristics more consistent with either English or Sign Language in the language areas of explicit relations, mimed relations, incorporated relations, and English Functors. (CB)

Descriptors: American Sign Language, Children, Deafness, Discourse Analysis, Expressive Language, Individual Differences, Language Acquisition, Language Usage, Sign Language, Story Telling

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

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Language: English

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