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The Right of the Deaf Child To Grow Up Bilingual.
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Grosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 2001
Discusses the right of Deaf children to grow up bilingually. This involves the opportunity to acquire a sign language as well as the oral language spoken by the hearing community. Examines the role of both the sign language and the oral language for the Deaf child. (Author/VWL)
Descriptors: Bilingualism, Children, Deafness, Language Acquisition
The Production of Sign Language: Psycholinguistic Perspectives.
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Grosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 1979
Compares the production of speech and sign: the approaches used in research, the cognitive processes involved, and the output timing mechanism. (AM)
Descriptors: Articulation (Speech), Cognitive Processes, Communication (Thought Transfer), Grammar
Sign and Word Recognition: A First Comparison.
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Grosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 1981
The results of a word recognition study are compared to those of a sign recognition study in order to determine which aspects of lexical access are comparable in speech and sign, and which are specific to each of the two language modalities. The "gating paradigm" was used in both studies. (Author/AMH)
Descriptors: Adults, Comparative Analysis, Comprehension, Context Clues
The Bilingual & Bicultural Person in the Hearing & in the Deaf World.
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Grosjean, Francois – Sign Language Studies, 1992
Argues that deaf individuals who sign and use the majority language regularly (in written form, for example) are bilingual and, because they must adapt to both the hearing and deaf worlds, are also bicultural. Implications for the bilingual and bicultural education of deaf children are discussed. (17 references) (JL)
Descriptors: Biculturalism, Bilingualism, Deafness, Sign Language