| Title | Deaf children creating written texts: contributions of American Sign Language and signed forms of English. | | Author(s) | Mayer C, Akamatsu CT | | Institution | Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, Canada. | | Source | Am Ann Deaf 2000 Dec; 145(5):394-403. | | MeSH | Adolescent
Child
Cognition
Deafness
Female
Humans
Linguistics
Male
Sign Language
Writing
| | Abstract | The objectives of this descriptive study were to investigate the ways in which American Sign Language (ASL) and English-based sign allow for comprehension of text content, and to determine how these two avenues of communication might mediate the process of reconstructing "signed meaning" in a written text. The authors argue that comprehensible input in a visual mode is possible in either ASL or English-based sign. They further claim that English-based signing may be an effective means of bridging the gap between inner speech and written text. | | Language | eng | | Pub Type(s) | Journal Article
| | PubMed ID | 11191818 |
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