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ERIC Number: EJ248595
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1981-Jun
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A Comparative and Normative Study of the Iconicity of Signs Rated by Three Groups.
Griffith, Penny L.; Robinson, Jacques H.
American Annals of the Deaf, v126 n4 p440-49 Jun 1981
One hundred American Sign Language signs selected from sign vocabularies used with mentally retarded persons were rated for iconicity (the visual resemblance between a sign and the object or action it represents) by 20 college students, 12 deaf adults, and 20 first graders. (Author)
Descriptors: Deafness, Mental Retardation, Sign Language
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Evaluative
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Language: English
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Identifiers: Iconic Comparison