Before focusing more specifically on the Simplified Sign System that we have developed, it is important to first have a basic understanding of sign languages and the main group of persons who use them — Deaf people. To obtain this necessary background information, we strove to answer the following questions: what is the historical evidence for the use of sign languages among Deaf persons? How did educational programs for deaf students emerge, and what communication approaches did these progra..
This study examines how communication technologies have historically isolated deaf people from mains...
A study of the nature and function of British Sign Language (BSL) as used in the British deaf commun...
Historically deaf education has been dominated by an ongoing struggle between interest groups rega...
The oral/manual methods controversy arose more than 200 years ago. Although many variations exist,...
Many Deaf people today consider themselves a linguistic minority with a culture distinct from the ma...
So far in this volume, we have discussed the history of the sign languages of Deaf persons and their...
Includes bibliographical references.Hearing-impaired people make up a large portion of the American ...
The purpose of this investigation was to clarify how sign language is used as a way of communication...
The purpose of the study was to survey the adult Deaf and document their viewpoints on appropriate m...
The purpose of this dissertation was three-fold. The first intent was to investigate the historical ...
The Deaf community or sign language using communities manifest superdiversity and translanguaging in...
In the past when deaf people had no opportunity to learn to read, write or even speak, the aid of ad...
This study aims to investigate both what sign language learners\u27 understand and what interpreters...
The uses and practices of sign languages are strongly related to scientific research on sign languag...
For a long time, sign languages -the languages used mainly within Deaf communities- were, at best, c...
This study examines how communication technologies have historically isolated deaf people from mains...
A study of the nature and function of British Sign Language (BSL) as used in the British deaf commun...
Historically deaf education has been dominated by an ongoing struggle between interest groups rega...
The oral/manual methods controversy arose more than 200 years ago. Although many variations exist,...
Many Deaf people today consider themselves a linguistic minority with a culture distinct from the ma...
So far in this volume, we have discussed the history of the sign languages of Deaf persons and their...
Includes bibliographical references.Hearing-impaired people make up a large portion of the American ...
The purpose of this investigation was to clarify how sign language is used as a way of communication...
The purpose of the study was to survey the adult Deaf and document their viewpoints on appropriate m...
The purpose of this dissertation was three-fold. The first intent was to investigate the historical ...
The Deaf community or sign language using communities manifest superdiversity and translanguaging in...
In the past when deaf people had no opportunity to learn to read, write or even speak, the aid of ad...
This study aims to investigate both what sign language learners\u27 understand and what interpreters...
The uses and practices of sign languages are strongly related to scientific research on sign languag...
For a long time, sign languages -the languages used mainly within Deaf communities- were, at best, c...
This study examines how communication technologies have historically isolated deaf people from mains...
A study of the nature and function of British Sign Language (BSL) as used in the British deaf commun...
Historically deaf education has been dominated by an ongoing struggle between interest groups rega...