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Showing 1 to 6 of 6 for “"manual signs"”.
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Some aspects of the communicative competence of a Maltese deaf boy
… on nonverbal language competence, in particular manual signs. The data for the study were obtained mainly during controlled video-recording sessions which consisted of the boy's attempts at communicating through signs with his younger brother and sister. An analysis of the data collected …
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Application of the Best-Example Theory of Categorization to Concept Development and Communication Training With Severely Handicapped Students
… of object categories was monitored through manual sign training. The effectiveness of three strategies to select objects for use during sign training was explored. Selection was conducted according to the tenets of the best-example theory of categorization. The strategies for selection were …
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Evaluation of Blissymbolics as a Means of Communication for the Deaf-cerebral Palsy Population
… used with the nonspeaking deaf person (manual sign language) requires well developed fine motor skills. The traditional method for speech habitation of cerebral palsy children is to modify aberrant neuromuscular patterns in hopes of developing intelligible speech. Too often, hearing …
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The Efficacy of a Key Word Signing Workshop
… skill identifying American Sign Language (ASL) signs; (b) skill producing ASL signs; (c) use of KWS in the classroom or therapy room; and (d) perceived changes from taking part in a KWS workshop. Participants included five special education teachers, three SLPs, and four students with complex …
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Aspects of morphology and syntax of negation in Greek sign language
… Language expresses negation by the use of both manual and non-manual features of negation. Manual negation includes three features: negative particles such as NO or NOT, negation signs which usually have meanings like nobody, nothin& never, and finally signs with negative incorporation (verbs …
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A Methodological Reconsideration of Early English-Indigenous Communication in Sixteenth Century Northeastern America
In August 1576 five men serving the Elizabethan explorer Martin Frobisher disappeared following an Inuk guide at Baffin Island. Over the next two years the English tried various methods of communication with the Inuit – including miming, drawing, writing and kidnapping “interpreters” – but were …