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ERIC Number: EJ349252
Record Type: CIJE
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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Identifiers: Spontaneous Speech