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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Suggests how insights from Paul Bohannon's book, "How Culture Works" (1995), could be used to address such questions as, "How do deaf people learn their culture?" and "How do deaf children learn (what) culture?" Bohannon's idea of cultural dynamics is applied to deaf culture to trace how that culture evolved, how it changed, and where it is…
Descriptors: Anthropology, Boarding Schools, Cultural Maintenance, Culture
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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Reviews Thomas A. Sebeok's "Signs: An Introduction to Semiotics." This book teaches the reader to use terms like "sign,""icon,""index," and "symbol" with greater precision and effect. Sebeok's work spans more than three decades and strongly contributes to a number of related disciplines, especially to the world of biology. (nine references) (CK)
Descriptors: Book Reviews, Cognitive Development, Communication (Thought Transfer), Contrastive Linguistics
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Stokoe, William C. – Sign Language Studies, 1995
Reviews Barbara J. King's detailed observations of free-ranging baboons in Amboseli, Kenya; these observations contain a mass of recent research and report studies of divergent theories in primatology and paleontology. King's studies supply direct evidence about primate behavior that conveys information and show how natural information transfer is…
Descriptors: Cognitive Measurement, Communication (Thought Transfer), Evolution, Foreign Countries