title: Deaf children creating written texts: contributions of American Sign Language and signed forms of English.
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.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, York University, Toronto, Canada.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Mayer
authors.forename: C T
authors.initials: CT
authors.lastname: Akamatsu
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D003071:Cognition; D003638:Deafness / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008037:Linguistics; D008297:Male; D012813:Sign Language; D014956:Writing