A study of technical signs in science: Implications for lexical database development

Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 65-79

  Lang, Harry G ^a   Hupper, Mary La Porta ^b   Monte, Denise A ^b   Brown, Scott W ^c   Babb, Ivar ^c   Scheifele, Pete M ^c  

^a ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b American School for the Deaf   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DATA BASE; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; METHODOLOGY; SCIENCE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING;

DATABASES; DEAFNESS; HUMANS; SCIENCE; SEMANTICS; SIGN LANGUAGE; SYMBOLISM; TEACHING; VOCABULARY;

EID: 33845421967     PISSN: 10814159     EISSN: 14657325     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/deafed/enl018     Document Type: Article

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