| Description |
xiii, 301 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. |
| Series |
The Cambridge applied linguistics series |
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Cambridge applied linguistics series.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Language varieties in the deaf population and their acquisition by children and adults / Joseph H. Bochner and John A. Albertini -- American Sign Language and the human biological capacity for language / James Paul Gee and Wendy Goodhart -- The history of language use in the education of the deaf in the United States / Mimi WheiPing Lou -- Sign language instruction and its implications for the deaf / Steven Fritsch Rudser -- A bilingual approach to the education of young deaf children : ASL and English / Michael Strong -- An assessment of syntactic capabilities / Gerald P. Berent -- Children's new sign creations / Diane Lillo-Martin -- Linguistic and cultural role models for hearing-impaired children in elementary school programs / James Woodward, Thomas Allen, and Arthur Schildroth -- Acquiring linguistic and social identity : interactions of deaf children with a hearing teacher and a deaf adult / Carol J. Erting -- Development of vocal and signed communication in deaf and hearing twins of deaf parents / Martha Gonter Gaustad -- Questions and answers in the development of deaf children / Hilde Schlesinger. |
| Subject |
Deaf -- Means of communication -- United States.
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Deaf children -- United States -- Language.
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Deaf -- Education -- United States.
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English language -- Study and teaching.
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| Indexed Term |
Hearing disordered persons Language skills Development |
| Subject |
Deafness.
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Education, Special.
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Language Development.
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Manual Communication.
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Sign Language.
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| Added Author |
Strong, Michael, 1945-
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| ISBN |
0521340462 |
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9780521340465 |
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0521335795 paperback |
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9780521335799 paperback |
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