Language Learning and Deafness

Abstract

Series editors' preface Preface Part I. Theoretical Issues: 1. Language varieties in the deaf population and their acquisition by children and adults Joseph H. Bochner and John A. Albertini 2. American Sign Language and the human biological capacity for language James Paul Gee and Wendy Goodhart 3. The history of language use in the education of the Deaf in the United States Mimi WheiPing Lou 4. Sing language instruction and its implications for the Deaf Steven Fritsch Rudser 5. A bilingual approach to the education of young deaf children: ASL and English Michael Strong Part II. Research Reports: 6. An assessment of syntactic capabilities Gerald P. Berent 7. Children's new sign creations Diane Lillo-Martin 8. Linguistic and cultural role models for hearing-impaired children in elementary school programs James Woodward, Thomas Allen and Arthur Schildroth 9. Acquiring linguistic and social identity: interactions of deaf children with a hearing teacher and a deaf adult Carol J. Erting 10. Development of vocal and signed communication in deaf and hearing twins of deaf parents Martha Gonter Gaustad 11. Questions and answers in the development of deaf children Hilde Schlesinger Index.