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American Sign Language

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American Sign Language (Asl) Summary
352 words, approx. 1 pages
American Sign Language (Asl) Language of hand gestures and symbols, most of which express an idea or concept rather than a word, used for communication with deaf and hearing-impaired people. American Sign Language (ASL or Ameslan) is a language of hand...
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Sign Language Studies
Frequency characteristics of American sign language
01/01/2003: 3,560 words, approx. 12 pages
THE PRIMARY factor affecting spoken language processing of individual words is the frequency of occurrence. For example, in a word recognition task, listeners respond more quickly to frequent words (e.g., dog) than to infrequent ones (e.g., hound; Kawamoto et al. 1999). Similarly, speakers make...
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The Annals of Otology, Rhinology & Laryngology
American Sign Language: Shattering the Myth
01/01/1999: 302 words, approx. 1 pages
American Sign Language: Shattering the Myth Tom Bertling, editor. Soft cover, 112 pages, 1998. Kodiak Media Group, Wilsonville, Ore, $19.95. Purpose: To show that American Sign Language (ASL) in respect to attainable language is based on false premises and is the product...
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AP News
Deaf home full of hearing seniors
3/27/2007: 284 words, approx. 1 pages
The first deaf retirement home in Northern California has ended up taking mostly hearing seniors, frustrating the project's organizers, who hoped for a deaf-only enclave.Fremont Oak Gardens, which opened in May 2005, was meant to be a place where deaf seniors could rest and grow...
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Alumnus tapped as interim Gallaudet head
12/11/2006: 295 words, approx. 1 pages
A Gallaudet University alumnus and former professor was named interim president of the nation's premier school for the deaf, the university announced Sunday.The board of trustees selected Robert R. Davila, 74, to run the school for up to two years. The board rescinded the selection...
 


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The History of American Sign Language
1,112 words, approx. 4 pages
The development of American Sign Language and of Deaf culture.


 

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